Reciting the “Shehecheyanu” Blessing During the “Three Weeks” It is proper to abstain from reciting the “Shehecheyanu” blessing during the three weeks between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av on a new fruit or a new garment. One should leave the new fruit or garment for after Tisha Be’av rather than to…
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Walking on Insects on Shabbat
Walking on Insects on ShabbatQuestion: May one walk in a place where there are ants on Shabbat? Answer: One of the forbidden works on Shabbat is “killing a live creature.” For instance, if one slaughters a chicken on Shabbat, one has transgressed the Torah prohibition of killing on Shabbat. It is therefore forbidden to kill any insect…
Moving Candles on Shabbat
Moving Candles on Shabbat Question: May one move the Shabbat candles from place to place on Shabbat? Answer: Shabbat candles which were lit before the onset of Shabbat, whether they are resting on candlesticks or any other surface, may not be moved on Shabbat under any circumstances. Even if one needs to move the candles so they are…
Stipulating to Move Candles on Shabbat
This document is holy, and must be treated as such. When finished, please deposit into your local Genezah. Stipulating to Move Candles on Shabbat In the previous Halacha we have discussed that it is absolutely forbidden to move a flame that is burning on top of a wick on Shabbat. As a result of the flame,…
Halacha Yomit
How One Should Conduct Himself in the Morning The Mishnah in Pirkei Avot (Chapter 5) states: “Yehuda ben Tema says: Be bold like a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and mighty as a lion to perform the will of your father in Heaven.” Let us now explain this Mishnah. The Tanna…
Uncovered Hair at Home
Uncovered Hair at Home Question: May a married woman walk around her own home with her hair uncovered? Answer: It is well-known that a married woman may not reveal her hair and it is therefore customary for women to cover their hair with bandanas, head-scarfs, and the like so that their hair cannot be…
Personal Modesty
Personal Modesty The Gemara (Yoma 47a) states: “Our Sages taught: Kimchit had seven sons, all of whom served as Kohanim Gedolim (High Priests). The Sages asked her, ‘What have you done to merit this?’ She replied, ‘The beams of my house have never seen the braids of my hair.’” Rashi, in his commentary on this…
Shabbat Balaq
MAQAM OF THE WEEK- SHABBAT BALAQ – בלק והיה שארית יעקב בלק מקאם מאהור נגוני גבריאל א שרים חובי מלכי סלח נשמת אתה צורי שועת אל בחסדך ההודאות דוממים קדיש בואי ברנה שמחים אל חון על בת ממצרים לו אחלה כי נקדישך אברך לראש כל פזמון ספר תורה For Shabbat Balaq (Numbers 22:2-25:9), Maqam MAHOUR (MA’ HUR means…
Halacha Yomit
One Who Interprets the Torah Contrary to Halacha Question: Why do we sometimes find that great sages spoke out harshly against other rabbis who permitted things they though were forbidden if there are always disagreements among the Jewish nation? Answer: It is true that as time progresses and the generation become weaker, more disagreements ensue among the…
If One Washes his Hands and then Decides not to Eat
If One Washes his Hands and then Decides not to Eat Question: If one washes his hands and then sometime during the meal decides not to any more bread, what must one do? Answer: In the previous Halachot we have explained that one who eats less than a Kebeitza (approximately fifty grams) of bread, one…
Kebeitza
Washing One’s Hands for Less than a Kebeitza of Bread In the previous Halacha we have cited Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch who rules that if one eats less than a Kezayit (twenty-seven grams) of bread, one need not wash his hands. (These twenty-seven grams of bread are calculated as if one would take bread and squash…
Washing
Washing One’s Hands for a Small Amount of Bread Question: I was recently at a wedding where I saw someone taste some bread with salad without washing his hands (Netilat Yadayim) before theChuppah; he said he was acting in accordance with Halacha. Is this indeed the law? Answer: There is a rabbinic commandment to wash one’s hands before…
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