The Sabbath
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Cutting grapes
Is one permitted to cut grapes for children on a plate during shabbat? Thank you for your question. As long as you have no intention of using any juice that may squeeze out in the process of cutting, it is…
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Basketball on Shabbos
Are you alowed to play basketball on shabbos? Assuming there is a kosher eruv, it isn’t technically forbidden, however, it isn’t in the spirit of shabbos to play ball. Rav Moshe Feinstein approved of the eruv in Kew Gardens Hills,…
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Oral Law
When the written Torah says to “Not to go out of your place on the Sabbath” it is saying that on Day 6 there will be enough Mannah for two days. We may go out and gather on the 6th…
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Wheelchair on Shabbos
What is the halacha (Jewish law) regarding using a wheelchair on the Sabbath for an elderly person whose weekly shul attendance is very important to them ? Thank you very much for your question. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Zatza”l, quoted…
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What is an Eruv?
What is an Eruv and what is its purpose? I have heard many different reasons. The word Eruv means “a combination.” One can have an Eruv of three types: 1) Eruv Chatzeiros or “Combination of Courtyards” – On the Sabbath…
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When is the Sabbath?
On which day is the Sabbath? I know that it is the seventh day of the week but I want to know how it appears on the Jewish calendar and how the days correspond with the calendar that we use…
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The Sabbath and Time
Dear Rabbi, i was wondering what is the importance of Sabbath, and how is this holiday based on time not on space. If possilbe please let me know specific places where this information is mentioned. Thank You. Thank you for…
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Driving to synagogue on Shabbat
I grew up secular but in the last several years have been trying to live my life in synch. with the teachings of the Torah as much as possible. The one thing that has bothered me more than anything, even…
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Candlelighting
what is the prayer a woman recites while lighting the shabbot candles? To find out the Shabbat candle lighting prayer, please see this website. It has Hebrew, English and English transliteration.