Check out our Amazon Sefarim Shop This article is an excerpt from the above Sefer WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Sponsor an Article Important Note: The following laws deal with what constitutes the prohibition of cooking on Shabbos and not the Rabbinical prohibition associated with placing cooked food on or very […]
0. Introduction to Laws of Cooking
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Introduction: The following section will discuss the laws of cooking on Shabbos. The first chapter deals with the definition of cooking and what foods may be heated on Shabbos and which may not. The second chapter will discuss the […]
Standing undressed in front of Shabbos candles
Not to stand naked before a candle:[1] One is not to stand before a candle naked as all that stand naked before a candle become crippled. [Nevertheless, in the Poskim we find a number of disclaimers towards this warning: Some[2] explain that this danger only applies when standing still […]
Sharing Candelabras
Hadlakas Neiros Shabbos-Sharing candelabra and Chanukah menorah It at times occurs that there are extra branches on the candelabra, or Menorah and there is another person lighting who does not have a candelabra/Menorah and hence would like to use the extra branches for his/her lighting. The question arises as […]
Who is obligated to light candles-Men or Women
Who is obligated to light Shabbos candles-Men versus Women People commonly think that the Mitzvah of lighting Shabbos candles belongs specifically to women. While true in some respect, in actuality the Mitzvah and obligation of lighting Shabbos candles applies equally to men and women. It is only regarding the […]
Olive oil versus Wax
Hadlakas Neiros Shabbos-Olive oil or wax? Many of you I am sure have noticed that while most people light Shabbos candles using wax candles, some are particular to use olive oil. On the other hand, by Chanukah most of Jewry uses olive oil while only some use wax. Should […]
8. The law if one transgressed the Chazara conditions
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 8. The law if one transgressed the Chazara conditions: A. The law if one placed a food on a flame on Shabbos without fulfilling the required conditions:[1] If one transgressed and returned a pot on Shabbos to an area […]
7. Placing food on a heater which will eventually turn on
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 7. Placing food on a heater which will eventually turn on: A. Having a Jew place it: Placing food on top of an oven which will be turned on later:[1] [Although we rule like the stringent opinion regarding placing […]
6. Placing food on Shabbos by an area which is not Yad Soledes Bo
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 6. Placing food on Shabbos by an area which is not Yad Soledes Bo: A. The definition of Yad Soledes Bo:[1] Is an area that is hot enough that if the food that he is returning there were to […]
5. Placing/returning a food near an oven
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 5. Placing/returning a food near an oven: A. Placing food next to the wall of a Kirah oven on Shabbos:[1] All the above restrictions are with regards to returning the pot onto the oven or inside it, however it […]
