by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
a real reshut harabim d’oraisa, on the shitos that require 600000, seems impossible to enclose with an eruv. but chazal also talk about genuine enclosures, walls with gates that lock at night, like yerushalayim had. so: 1. if a huge city like manhattan actually...
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
what is eruv tavshilin actually doing, and where does it come from? how does setting aside cooked food before yom tov make it mutar to cook on yom tov for shabbat, what is the logic behind it, and does the food have to be eaten for it to work?
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
why do we still keep a second day of yom tov outside israel as minhag avoseinu when the calendar has been fixed for ages? why is yom tov only one day inside israel? and why does an israeli who happens to be outside israel for yom tov not keep the second day?
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
connected to the reheating question about the plata but a different case. you paskened that a fully cooked dry food can be reheated even past yad soledet bo, ein bishul achar bishul b’davar yavesh, as long as it is not placed directly on a cooking surface, and...
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
you explained on the site that the basic test is whether an item’s main use is for something assur on shabbat, that anything with a real permitting opinion is not muktzeh, and that muktzeh can be moved when the space or the mess matters. you also answered that a...
by moi613 | Aug 30, 2026 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
rabbi, three quick shabbos and havdalah questions. 1. shabbos candles: is the mitzva only for women? if a man lives alone, is he obligated to light, and does he make the bracha? and if a man lights, single, widower, or his wife is away, does he light two candles like...
