Living the halachic process

A series of responsa books written by the rabbis of the Institute for scholars and rabbis from around the world in all areas of Halacha.

Living The Halachic Process I

Living The Halachic Process II

Living The Halachic Process III

Living The Halachic Process IV

Living The Halachic Process V

Living The Halachic Process VI

Living The Halachic Process VII

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Shabbat
Part 2

מציג 1-23 מ-23 תוצאות

Making Early Shabbat

There is a machloket among Tanna’im whether the cutoff between the times of Mincha and Ma’ariv is nightfall...

Giving Presents of Food on Shabbat

In explaining the prohibition of making donations to the Beit HaMikdash on Shabbat and Yom Tov, the gemara...

Need for an Eiruv on an Island

In order to carry in an area on Shabbat, there need to be walls (physical or halachic, i.e.,...

Using a Bird Feeder on Shabbat

The mishna in Tractate Shabbat assumes that one may feed animals on Shabbat and discusses which systems are...

Cooking Inside a Cooking Bag Within a Chulent

Allow us to expand the question to deal with a variety of related cases. Chazal forbade hatmana of...

A Child Assembling a Train-Track Set on Shabbat

The gemara reaches the conclusion that the prohibition of boneh does not (generally) apply to keilim, which we...

The Basic Principles of Techumin on Shabbat

First, we should understand that the laws of an eiruv techumin, the halachic device that allows one to...

Squeezing Lemons on Shabbat

The Torah prohibits extracting juice from olives and grapes on Shabbat, as this constitutes mefarek (extraction), itself a...

Cutting the Writing on Top of a Cake

The Rama writes: “One is forbidden to break a cake that has letter-like forms written on it, even...

Do Children Have to Accept Shabbat Along With Their Mother?

Let us start with your assumption that a woman accepts Shabbat by lighting the candles, and proceed from...

Women Making Havdala

Women must at least recite HaMavdil‎{&&1}‎ or the equivalent on Motzaei Shabbat before doing work that is forbidden...

Using White Wine for Kiddush

The gemara says that wine for Kiddush must be fit for nesachim (libations). The ensuing discussion on applying...

Violating Shabbat to Save an Animal

To save a human life, it is permitted – even halachically obligatory – to violate Shabbat. In fact,...

Paying for Work Performed by a Non-Jew on Shabbat

There are several rules regarding when and how one is allowed to ask non-Jews to do things that...

Women Eating and Drinking Before Kiddush

First, we need to understand the halacha for men, and then we can apply it to the case...

What One Must Eat After Kiddush

We will start with the background and the standard instructions for eating after making or hearing Kiddush and...

An Expectant Woman Staying Near the Hospital for Shabbat

An expectant mother certainly does not have to find a place close to the hospital for Shabbat. On...

Transferring Food on Shabbat from a Hot Plate that Shut Off

In order to return a pot of food onto a fire on Shabbat (hachzara), several requirements must be...

Use of a Door Knocker on Shabbat

The matter is related to the rabbinic prohibition of dancing or clapping, which might cause one to fix...

Allowing a Vending Machine to Operate on Shabbat

This topic is too broad to be explained fully in this forum, but we will deal briefly with...

Is a Car Seat Muktzeh?

We must deal with three questions: To what category of kli (utensil) does a car seat belong? If...

Calling a Non-Jew in a Place Where it Is Still Shabbat

It is correct to ask only about non-Jewish workers, as calling Jewish workers would clearly violate lifnei iver....

A Non-Jew Selling for a Jew at a Weekend Fair

In a situation where a non-Jew will conduct commercial activity that involves a Jew’s property on Shabbat we...