Attributes that one should emulate throughout his life:[1] Rabbi Yehuda Ben Teima stated: One should be as bold as a leopard, as light as an eagle, as swift as a deer, and as strong as a lion in order to fulfill the will of your Father in Heaven. The following […]
1. Scattering items by throwing them into the wind
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 1. Scattering items by throwing them into the wind:[1] The Av Melacha: Artificial wind-blowing on pesoles Scattering without wind A. The prohibition:[2] First opinion-Is always liable: One who throws something into the wind and the wind scatters it, is […]
Chapter 1: The laws of Trapping creatures on Shabbos
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Chapter 1: The laws of Trapping creatures on Shabbos Introduction: The following chapter will discuss the laws of trapping, killing and injuring creatures on Shabbos. Both trapping, killing or injuring an animal are principal Shabbos prohibitions. At times it […]
3. Doing an action with a cloth which may cause liquid to squeeze out
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 3. Doing an action with a cloth which may cause liquid to squeeze out: A. Inserting a wet cloth into the opening of a bottle:[1] It is forbidden to insert [wet[2]] Mochin [i.e. any soft material] into the opening […]
1. Squeezing cloths that have become wet
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Introduction: This chapter deals with the laws of squeezing liquids out from cloth. Doing so in addition to containing the Mifarek prohibition as well contains at times the laundering prohibition. Regarding the laundering prohibition, only those laws […]
1. Smearing oil on the body on Shabbos for pleasure
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Introduction The following chapter will discuss the laws of smearing oil on one’s body. The problem with doing so at times is that it falls under the decree made against healing. In continuation of this, the laws of […]
Playing games
Introduction- The spirit of Shabbos Due to the holiness of Shabbos, adults should avoid playing games on Shabbos even if the game has no Halachic prohibitions involved. The Talmud states that the city of Tur Shimon was destroyed for the sin of playing ball on Shabbos. Some explain this to […]
1. Molid Reiach-The laws of placing perfume and the like onto objects/clothing and one’s skin
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 1. Molid Reiach-The laws of placing perfume and the like onto objects/clothing and one’s skin: A. Smoking fruits on Yom Tov over incense:[1] In order to absorb a good taste:[2] Even to smoke fruits is only permitted when one’s […]
Chapter 2: Killing or injuring creatures on Shabbos
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Chapter 2: Killing or injuring creatures on Shabbos 1. The Primary Melacha that was in the Tabernacle-Slaughtering:[1] Slaughtering is one of the principal [forbidden] actions [on Shabbos], [being] that [it] was done in the [building process for the] Tabernacle […]
Chapter 5: Laws relating to a fire on Shabbos
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 1. The law if the fire poses a danger:[1] It is permitted and praiseworthy to extinguish any fire which has even a remote doubt[2] as to if it can be life threatening. Thus, any fire which has the ability […]
