Questions tagged [maseches-shabbos]
The first masechet in Seder Moed concerning bibliclal and rabbinical "Melacha" (forbidden work), and Kidush, meals etc that pertain to Shabbat
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Kal Vchomer logic and halacha
if mes mitzvah is doche avoda and avoda is doche shabbos. Kal vchomer mes mitzvah should forsure be doche shabbos.
If A being mes mitzvah, is greater than B, performing the avoda, logically since A is ...
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Understanding an apparent dichotomy in Rabbi Akiva's pre-Yeshiva days
The Gemara in Shabbos 127b relates a story about the importance of being dan l'chaf zechus, judging people favourably / giving others the benefit of the doubt.
The story goes that a man left from the ...
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Is the 39 melachot concept halacha l’moshe misinai
Are the 39 categories melacha prohibited on Shabbat Halacha lemoshe misinai, or drash from the rabbis (deriving it from the juxtaposition of the Shabbat commandment to the mishkan)?
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Can't you Shecht on Yom Tov?
In Tractate Beitza Perek Baiz Mishnah Ches it brings down a Machlokes between the Chachamim & Reb Elazar Ben Azaryah:
"Can you scratch or scrape the body of an animal with a metal comb on Yom ...
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Wiping spills on Shabbat
Is it allowed to clean up spills from (wood or marble) floors on Shabbat? Not polishing it, but using a paper or bath towel to wipe up he liquid. No water or soap would be intentionally used or wrung ...
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Hot chocolate on Shabbat [duplicate]
If one has a glass of hot water (that was heated before Shabbat) are they allowed to put hot cocoa powder in it on Shabbat? In this case, it’s a solid being absorbed by the liquid, but would it still ...
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Plastic wrap on Shabbat
Is it permissible, if one has food that will otherwise be spoiled, to tear plastic wrap and cover the food with it on Shabbos? I ask because in the case of plastic wrap, it’s not cut to an exact line (...
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Corn cutting on Shabbat
Is one allowed to cut corn off the cob with a knife or circle cutter on Shabbat? Would it be an issue of borer? Or would it be permitted? Does it change Sephardic Vs ashkenazi?
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Cultivating hydroponics on Shabbat
I know one is not allowed to reap plants on Shabbat, but does this apply to hydroponics on shabbos? I know for instance one can cultivate hydroponics on shmita (sabbatical) year. Does this mean that ...
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Hot tub on Shabbat
Is there anything halachically wrong with entering a hot tub on Shabbat inherently? Not for hygiene just leisure purposes, and not adjusting the temperature, just entering it?
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Biometric screening on Shabbat
If there is a biometric screening system for a locked door, can one do biometric screening on shabbat? In this case, this is a completed circuit with running electricity before Shabbos (it’s always ...
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Bug spray on Shabbat
Can one spray themselves with bug spray on Shabbat or no? I believe it’s brought down by the Mishnah that one can’t Delouse on shabbos, does this count? Is there a responsa on this? Thanks
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If you are lost in the desert do you make havdalah first?
In Shabbat 69b there is a disagreement about how a person who has lost track of the day of the week should keep Shabbat
Rav Huna said: One who was walking along the way or in the desert, and he does ...
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Parshas Behalosecha: The inverted nuns demarcating two punishments
In Parshas Behalosecha, famously the verses 10:35-36 are bookended with two inverted "נ's":
׆ וַיְהִ֛י בִּנְסֹ֥עַ הָאָרֹ֖ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֑ה קוּמָ֣ה ׀ ה' וְיָפֻ֙צוּ֙ אֹֽיְבֶ֔יךָ וְיָנֻ֥סוּ ...
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Ran comments on Gemara Masechet Shabbath
I did learn several comments of Rishonim on a Suggia in Masechet Shabbath and read a footnote (from Harav Moshe Hershler) on the Ramban (Edition Hamachon Hatalmud Haisraeli).
He refers to a comment by ...
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