Author Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 14. The laws of smearing saliva on the ground:[1] Rubbing it into the ground: One may not rub saliva with his feet onto an earth floor. The reason for this is because: by doing so one is leveling the […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 13. Leveling the floor and the ground:[1] One who levels the floor of the house or of a courtyard, such as for example he leveled a mound or filled up a ditch or valley, then this is [considered] building […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 12. Placing an item to support the beam of a roof that is caving inwards:[1] Using a vessel as a support: A beam from the roof of a house which has broken [and has begun to cave into the […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 11. The Biblical Prohibition to make a hole in a wall, floor, or vessel which holds 40 Seah:[1] A. The general rule: A wall or floor:[2] One who hammers a peg into the wall in order to hang vessels […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Examples: Tearing the covering off of a bottle:[1] A person may tear the hide which [seals] the opening of a barrel of wine or other liquids, if he does so for the need of Shabbos. He need not worry […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 6. Breaking vessels that are attached to the ground: A. Breaking the ropes that tie a door to a pit:[1] Seals that are on the ground, such as the door of a pit which is tied with a rope […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 8. The prohibition to break a complete/sturdy vessel on Shabbos:[1] If [a barrel] is whole [meaning it never broke and was then refurbished] it is forbidden to break it even in a way that one is not making for […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 9. Breaking an incomplete [non-sturdy] vessel on Shabbos “Mustaki”:[1] It was already explained that there is no building or destroying [prohibition] by vessels which are not large enough to hold 40 seah and are not sturdy structures. Based on […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 5. Assembling and disassembling vessels [that do not hold 40 Seah and are not attached to the ground]:[1] A. Disassembling parts that are firmly attached:[2] All vessels made of assembled parts which are firmly attached to the point that […]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 4. Removing doors from vessels that are not attached to the ground and do not hold 40 Seah:[1] If the hinges were only loosely placed in their sockets: The above discussion [in Halacha 3] was with regards to returning […]