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Shabbat שבת

1Introductionפתיחה
  1. 1.Shabbat Rest : The Completion of Creation
  2. 2.Shabbat and the Jewish People
  3. 3.The Link Between the Exodus and Shabbat
  4. 4.The Uniqueness of Israel and Shabbat
  5. 5.The Six Days of Creation and Shabbat
  6. 6.Blessing and Holiness
  7. 7.Manna on Shabbat
  8. 8.Zakhor and Shamor
  9. 9.Zakhor : Foundations of Faith
  10. 10.Shamor : Cessation from Crafting the Mishkan
  11. 11.Shabbat Is the Equivalent of All the Mitzvot because It Expresses Faith
  12. 12.The Temple Was Destroyed on Account of Shabbat Desecration
  13. 13.Redemption Is Dependent upon Shabbat Observance
  14. 14.The Severity of the Sin of Shabbat Desecration
  15. 15.One Who Desecrates Shabbat Disaffiliates Himself from the Jewish People
  16. 16.Shabbat, Peace, and Unity
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2Preparing for Shabbatהכנות לשבת
  1. 1.Shabbat Preparations
  2. 2.Friday
  3. 3.Buying Food for Shabbat
  4. 4.Honoring Shabbat via Clothing
  5. 5.Honoring Shabbat by Preparing One's Self and One's Home
  6. 6.The Mitzva to Take Part in Shabbat Preparations
  7. 7.The Prohibition of Eating a Large Meal on Friday
  8. 8.The Prohibition of Doing Melakha on Friday
  9. 9.Tasks that Begin before Shabbat and Continue into Shabbat
  10. 10.Taking a Boat Trip That Will Continue into Shabbat
  11. 11.Sailing for the Sake of a Mitzva and Traveling on a Boat Owned by Jews
  12. 12.Traveling by Plane or Train on Friday
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3Shabbat Timesזמני השבת
  1. 1.Shabbat times
  2. 2.The Mitzva of Tosefet Shabbat
  3. 3.How to Accept Tosefet Shabbat
  4. 4.Laws Pertaining to One Who Accepts Shabbat upon Himself
  5. 5.May One Pray Minha after Accepting Shabbat?
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4Lighting Shabbat Candlesהדלקת נרות שבת
  1. 1.The Mitzva of Lighting Shabbat Candles
  2. 2.Where to Light and Who Must Light
  3. 3.What May One Light With, and How Many Candles
  4. 4.The Berakha Recited upon Lighting
  5. 5.Fulfilling the Obligation via Electric Lights
  6. 6.What Procedure Should Be Followed When Two Families Dine Together
  7. 7.The Status of Married or Single People Spending Shabbat Away from Home
  8. 8.Those Who Live in Dormitories and Those Who Are Ill
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5Torah Study and Prayer on Shabbatתורה ותפילה בשבת
  1. 1.Studying Torah on Shabbat
  2. 2.What to Study on Shabbat
  3. 3.Sleeping on Shabbat
  4. 4.The Shabbat Sermon
  5. 5.Women and Torah Study on Shabbat
  6. 6.Reading the Torah on Shabbat
  7. 7.The Haftara
  8. 8.Torah Reading at Minha on Shabbat
  9. 9.Shnayim Mikra Ve'ehad Targum
  10. 10.Different Customs Relating to Shnayim Mikra Ve'ehad Targum
  11. 11.Shabbat Prayers
  12. 12.Va'yekhulu
  13. 13.Magen Avot : A Concise Recap of the Amida
  14. 14.Kabbalat Shabbat and Other Additions to the Prayers
  15. 15.The Custom of Wishing One's Rabbi "Shabbat Shalom"
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6Laws of Kiddushהלכות קידוש
  1. 1.Zakhor and Shamor
  2. 2.Fulfilling the Mitzva of Zakhor
  3. 3.Kiddush over Wine
  4. 4.Acceptable Kiddush Wines
  5. 5.The Required Amount of Wine
  6. 6.The Laws of Kos Shel Berakha
  7. 7.Distributing Wine to All Present
  8. 8.Kiddush Customs and Covering the Challah
  9. 9.The Prohibition of Eating and Drinking before Kiddush
  10. 10.Reciting Kiddush at the Place of the Meal
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7Shabbat Meals and Melaveh Malkaסעודות השבת ומלווה מלכה
  1. 1.The Mitzva of Se'udot Shabbat (Festive Shabbat Meals)
  2. 2.The Parameters of the Mitzva
  3. 3.Lehem Mishneh (Two Loaves) and Cutting the Bread
  4. 4.The Importance of the Shabbat Day Meal
  5. 5.Se'uda Shlishit
  6. 6.Birkat HaMazon
  7. 7.The Significance of Melaveh Malka
  8. 8.The Laws Pertaining to Melaveh Malka
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8Havdala and Saturday Nightהבדלה ומוצאי שבת
  1. 1.The Basic Principles of Havdala
  2. 2.Havdala over Wine
  3. 3.Customs Related to Havdala
  4. 4.Using Beverages Other Than Wine
  5. 5.Besamim (Fragrance)
  6. 6.The Candle
  7. 7.The Latest Time to Make Havdala
  8. 8.The Prohibition of Eating and Doing Melakha before Havdala
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9The Principles of the Melakhotכללי המלאכות
  1. 1.The Torah's Commandment
  2. 2.The 39 Melakhot That Were Performed in the Mishkan, and Their Derivatives
  3. 3.The Rabbinic Prohibition of Performing Melakha with a Shinui or Together with Another Person
  4. 4.The Principles Underlying Rabbinic Enactments and Decrees Regarding Shabbat
  5. 5.Davar She'eino Mitkaven and Psik Reisha
  6. 6.Melakha She'eina Tzerikha Le'gufah
  7. 7.Kilkul
  8. 8.Kiyum
  9. 9.Grama
  10. 10.Children, Non Jews, and Animals
  11. 11.Shvut Di'shvut for the Sake of a Mitzva or Great Necessity
  12. 12.Shvut for an Important Mitzva or for the Public Good
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10Bishul (Cooking)בישול
  1. 1.Introduction
  2. 2.General Principles of Bishul
  3. 3.Cooking Is Prohibited, Reheating Cooked Food Is Permitted
  4. 4.Yad Soledet Bo
  5. 5.Cooking Liquids According to the Sephardic Custom
  6. 6.The Yemenite and Ashkenazic Customs Regarding Cooking Liquids
  7. 7.Kli Rishon, Kli Sheni, Kli Shlishi
  8. 8.Preparing Tea on Shabbat
  9. 9.Pouring Hot Liquids into a Damp Cup
  10. 10.Davar Gush
  11. 11.Cooking after Baking
  12. 12.Megis (Stirring or Mixing)
  13. 13.Adding Water to Food on the Plata to Prevent It from Burning
  14. 14.Introduction to Hashhaya
  15. 15.Food That Is Already Cooked
  16. 16.When the Flame Is Covered
  17. 17.Hashhaya in an Electric Oven and Cooking Using a Timer
  18. 18.Hanaha
  19. 19.Hahzara
  20. 20.Hanaha and Hahzara on a Plata
  21. 21.Returning Foods to the Oven
  22. 22.Principles of Hatmana
  23. 23.Hatmana with a Plata and a Slow Cooker
  24. 24.Electric Boilers
  25. 25.Solar Boilers
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11Borer (Separating)בורר
  1. 1.Four Melakhot Related to Borer
  2. 2.Derekh Akhila and Derekh Melakha
  3. 3.Two Types of Food Mixed Together
  4. 4.The Prohibition Applies Only to Mixtures
  5. 5.Removing Psolet from Okhel
  6. 6.Immediate Use
  7. 7.By Hand and Not with an Implement
  8. 8.Removing Peels and Pits
  9. 9.Bones in Fish and Meat
  10. 10.Removing Watermelon Seeds and Rotten Fruit
  11. 11.Straining Liquids
  12. 12.Separating Broth from Pieces of Food in Soup
  13. 13.Additional Laws of Separating Liquids from Solids
  14. 14.Teapots and Tea Bags
  15. 15.Removing Insects from Food, and Additional Laws
  16. 16.Utensils, Games, Silverware, and Books
  17. 17.The Melakha of Dash
  18. 18.Cracking Walnuts, Almonds, and Peanuts
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12Food Preparationהכנת מאכלים
  1. 1.Tohen
  2. 2.Chopping Vegetables and Mashing Bananas and Avocados
  3. 3.Lash
  4. 4.Preparing a Loose Mixture with a Shinui
  5. 5.Preparing a Thick Mixture with a Shinui
  6. 6.Foods that Are Not Subject to Lash
  7. 7.Assorted Laws
  8. 8.Squeezing Fruits
  9. 9.Pickling and Salting Foods
  10. 10.Coloring Food
  11. 11.Writing, Building, and Spreading
  12. 12.Ice and Water
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13Melakhot Pertaining to Clothingמלאכות הבגד
  1. 1.Introduction
  2. 2.Melakhot Pertaining to Clothing
  3. 3.Libun and Kibus
  4. 4.Soaking Clothes in Liquid
  5. 5.Cleaning Off the Table and Washing Dishes
  6. 6.Removing Mud from Leather Clothing and Shoes
  7. 7.Nylon, Plastic, and Polyester Tablecloths and Clothing
  8. 8.Removing Stains and Dust
  9. 9.Folding a Talit on Shabbat, and Additional Laws
  10. 10.Tofer
  11. 11.Kore'a
  12. 12.Diapers, Adhesive Bandages, and Sticky Notes
  13. 13.Kosheir and Matir
  14. 14.Prohibited Knots
  15. 15.Bow Knots and Single Knots
  16. 16.Miscellaneous Laws
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14Personal Groomingהטיפול בגוף
  1. 1.Gozez (Shearing)
  2. 2.Gozez and Hovel of Human Beings
  3. 3.Brushing and Braiding Hair
  4. 4.Applying Makeup
  5. 5.Applying Oils, Perfumes, Creams, and Lotions
  6. 6.Bar Soap, Liquid Soap, and Wipes
  7. 7.Brushing Teeth and Toothpaste
  8. 8.Bathing on Shabbat
  9. 9.Swimming and Immersion in a Mikveh
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15Boneh and Soterבונה סותר בבית וכלים
  1. 1.The Principles of Boneh, Soter, and Makeh Be'fatish
  2. 2.Boneh on the Ground, and Safeguards against it
  3. 3.Attaching Things to a House or the Ground
  4. 4.Making a Tent (Ohel)
  5. 5.Additional Laws Pertaining Ohel
  6. 6.Permitted and Prohibited Implements
  7. 7.Permissible Assembly and Disassembly of Implements
  8. 8.Fixing Broken Implements
  9. 9.Cleaning the Floor and Making Repairs
  10. 10.Mehatekh
  11. 11.Opening Cans
  12. 12.Opening Bags and Wrappers
  13. 13.Opening Bottles
  14. 14.Opening Soda Cans and Separating Attached Plastic Containers
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16Mav'ir and Mekhabehמבעיר ומכבה
  1. 1.The Melakha of Hav'ara
  2. 2.The Laws of Hav'ara
  3. 3.Reading by Candlelight
  4. 4.Shabbat Candles
  5. 5.The Melakha of Mekhabeh and the Meaning of Melakha She'eina Tzerikha Le'gufah
  6. 6.Fire that Causes Property Damage
  7. 7.Putting Out a Fire When There Is Danger to Human Life
  8. 8.Putting Out a Fire to Prevent People from Being Injured
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17Electricity and Electrical Appliancesחשמל ומכשיריו
  1. 1.Turning on Electric Lights and Appliances
  2. 2.Is Using Electricity a Torah Prohibition or a Rabbinic Prohibition?
  3. 3.Electrical Appliances That Produce Sound (Telephones and Microphones)
  4. 4.Elevators
  5. 5.Using Electricity that Was Produced on Shabbat
  6. 6.Timers
  7. 7.Thermostat Controls
  8. 8.Opening a Refrigerator or Oven, and Entering an Air Conditioned Room
  9. 9.When the Refrigerator Light Bulb was not Disconnected
  10. 10.Dishwashers
  11. 11.Automatic Doors
  12. 12.When Entering a Room Causes the Lights to Turn On
  13. 13.Intercoms, Security Monitors, and Doorbells at Building Entrances
  14. 14.Motion Detectors in Public Domains and in the Home
  15. 15.Security Systems
  16. 16.Turning Off an Alarm That Went Off on Shabbat
  17. 17.Alarm Clocks, Watches, and Digital Photo Frames
  18. 18.Grama Solutions to Halakhic Problems on Shabbat
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18Kotev, Mohek, and Tzove'aכותב מוחק וצובע
  1. 1.Kotev and Mohek
  2. 2.Defining the Prohibition of Writing and Exploring Leniencies for Life Threatening Situations
  3. 3.Incidental Writing and Erasing
  4. 4.Temporary Writing, Word Games, and Jigsaw Puzzles
  5. 5.Dyeing
  6. 6.Mafshit, Me'abed, Memahek, and Mesartet
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19Agricultural Melakhot (Horesh, Zore'a, Kotzer, and Me'amer)מלאכות שבצומח
  1. 1.Horesh
  2. 2.Dragging Objects and Pushing a Baby Carriage
  3. 3.Zore'a
  4. 4.Irrigation
  5. 5.Using a Sink Whose Water Drains into the Yard
  6. 6.Kotzer
  7. 7.Using a Tree
  8. 8.Additional Laws
  9. 9.Flowers and Branches in a Vase
  10. 10.A Flowerpot
  11. 11.Me'amer
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20Animalsבעלי חיים
  1. 1.Rest for Animals
  2. 2.Animals and Carrying
  3. 3.Feeding Animals
  4. 4.Milking on Shabbat
  5. 5.Carrying Pets and Sick Animals
  6. 6.The Melakha of Tzad
  7. 7.Unintentional Trapping
  8. 8.Slaughtering (Shohet)
  9. 9.Wounding (Hovel)
  10. 10.Trapping and Killing Snakes, Scorpions, Mosquitoes, and Other Pests
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21Hotza'ahהלכות הוצאה
  1. 1.The Melakha of Hotza'ah
  2. 2.Private and Public Domains
  3. 3.Mekom Petur and Karmelit
  4. 4.The Reason Behind the Prohibition of Carrying Four Amot in a Reshut HaRabim
  5. 5.The Prohibitions of Carrying on Shabbat
  6. 6.Carrying Less than Four Amot in a Reshut HaRabim
  7. 7.Carrying in a Mekom Petur
  8. 8.Reshut HaRabim as Defined by Torah Law
  9. 9.In Practice
  10. 10.Wearing Clothes Is Not Considered Carrying
  11. 11.Items Deemed Secondary to Clothing
  12. 12.Items That Serve the Body : Glasses and Bandages
  13. 13.Canes, Seeing Eye Dogs, and Wheelchairs
  14. 14.Jewelry
  15. 15.Watches, Keys, Identity Cards, and Medications
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22The Spirit of Shabbatצביון השבת
  1. 1.The Mitzva to Preserve Shabbat as a Day of Rest
  2. 2.Business
  3. 3.Obtaining Products from Stores
  4. 4.Lending, Borrowing, and Giving Gifts
  5. 5.Court Activity, Weddings, Teruma and Ma'aser
  6. 6.Immersing and Measuring on Shabbat
  7. 7.Walking, Running, and Jumping
  8. 8.Working Out and Riding a Bicycle
  9. 9.Walking for Non Shabbat Purposes
  10. 10.Talking about Work and Business
  11. 11.Walking and Talking for the Sake of a Mitzva
  12. 12.Permitted and Forbidden Reading Material
  13. 13.Games on Shabbat
  14. 14.Payment for Work Done on Shabbat (Sekhar Shabbat)
  15. 15.Preparing on Shabbat for Weekdays, and Cleaning Up the House and Table
  16. 16.When Preparation on Shabbat for the Weekday Is Permitted
  17. 17.Playing Musical Instruments and Producing Sound
  18. 18.Clapping and Dancing
  19. 19.Music and Films on Electronic Devices
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23Muktzehמוקצה
  1. 1.The Basis of the Prohibition
  2. 2.Principles of Muktzeh
  3. 3.Muktzeh Mahmat Gufo
  4. 4.Muktzeh Mahmat Hesron Kis
  5. 5.Basis LeDavar HaAsur and Conscious Placement
  6. 6.More on Basis LeDavar HaAsur
  7. 7.Kelim SheMelakhtam LeIsur
  8. 8.Kelim with Both Permitted and Prohibited Uses
  9. 9.Kelim SheMelakhtam LeHeter, Food, and Books
  10. 10.An Item that was Muktzeh Throughout Bein HaShmashot
  11. 11.Making an Item Unsuitable for Its Normal Usage on Shabbat
  12. 12.The Permissibility of Removing Filthy Items : "Graf Shel Re'i"
  13. 13.Broken Kelim and Worn Out Clothing
  14. 14.The Permissibility of Moving Muktzeh Indirectly or with the Body
  15. 15.If One Picked up Muktzeh Permissibly or Mistakenly, and the Status of a Minor
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24Childrenדיני קטן
  1. 1.The Mitzva of Hinukh, Educating One's Children
  2. 2.Educating Children about Negative Commandments
  3. 3.Who Is Obligated to Educate and Object?
  4. 4.The Prohibition for a Child to Turn Lights On and Off
  5. 5.Permissive Rulings under Pressing Circumstances
  6. 6.A Child Is Comparable to a Sick Person
  7. 7.Permitted and Prohibited Games on Shabbat
  8. 8.Additional Games and Playing in the Yard
  9. 9.Ball Games and Running
  10. 10.Bicycles, Scooters, and Skates
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25Melakha Performed by a Non Jewמלאכת גוי
  1. 1.Asking a Non Jew to Do Melakha on Shabbat
  2. 2.Benefiting from a Melakha That a Non Jew Performed for Himself
  3. 3.Making Use of a Melakha Performed on Shabbat for a Jew
  4. 4.For the Sake of a Mitzva or for a Great Need
  5. 5.A Non Jew's Melakha for Someone Sick or Suffering (and Air Conditioners)
  6. 6.Employees, Sharecroppers, and Renters in Fields and Factories
  7. 7.Marit Ayin and Causing a Jew to Sin
  8. 8.Non Jewish Contractors
  9. 9.Partnerships, Stocks, and Banks
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26Ma'aseh Shabbat and Lifnei Iverמעשה שבת ולפני עיוור
  1. 1.Principles Behind the Prohibition of Benefiting from Melakha Done on Shabbat
  2. 2.The Prohibition of Benefiting from a Melakha Performed on Shabbat
  3. 3.Cases In Which Deriving Benefit Is Permitted
  4. 4.Benefiting from an Action That Did Not Alter an Item
  5. 5.If One Did an Action of Disputed Permissibility
  6. 6.Power Outages
  7. 7.Benefiting after Shabbat from a Melakha Performed on Shabbat
  8. 8.After Shabbat
  9. 9.Interacting with Non Observant Jews and Lifnei Iver
  10. 10.Keeping Websites and Vending Machines Open on Shabbat
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27Sick People and Saving Livesפיקוח נפש וחולה
  1. 1.The Principles of Piku'ah Nefesh (Saving a Life)
  2. 2.Determining Danger
  3. 3.For Whom Do We Desecrate Shabbat?
  4. 4.Using a Non Jew or Child to Minimize Shabbat Desecration
  5. 5.Using a Shinui to Minimize Shabbat Desecration
  6. 6.Traveling to the Hospital
  7. 7.Choosing a Hospital and Doctor
  8. 8.Accompanying a Sick Person or Woman in Labor to the Hospital
  9. 9.Driving Home on Shabbat
  10. 10.Doctors and Nurses Driving to Work and Back Home on Shabbat
  11. 11.Scheduling Surgeries and Circumcisions on the Days Preceding Shabbat
  12. 12.Fighting Wars on Shabbat
  13. 13.A Commanding Officer's Authority During Wartime and Normal Times
  14. 14.Common Army Questions
  15. 15.What Must One Give Up to Minimize Shabbat Desecration?
  16. 16.Police Activity on Shabbat
  17. 17.Mobile Phones and Weapons Necessary for Health and Security
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28Illness That Is Not Life Threateningחולה שאינו מסוכן
  1. 1.Principles of the Halakhot of Sick People
  2. 2.A Regular Sick Person
  3. 3.A Mildly Sick Person and One Experiencing Discomfort
  4. 4.The Enactment Against Medicine : Grinding Ingredients
  5. 5.Modern Medications
  6. 6.Medications Taken in Regular Doses
  7. 7.Injections, Intravenous Infusion, and Nursing
  8. 8.Ointments and Compresses
  9. 9.Adhesive Bandages, Cloth Bandages, and Treating Wounds
  10. 10.Opening Medicine Packages
  11. 11.Measuring for Medical Purposes and Using a Thermometer
  12. 12.Permitted Actions
  13. 13.Physical Therapy, Massage, and Acupuncture
  14. 14.Seeing a Non Observant Doctor
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29Eruvinעירובין
  1. 1.Transforming a Public Domain
  2. 2.Tzurat HaPetah
  3. 3.Ensuring That the Wire Is Stretched Across the Tops of the Posts and Electrical Poles
  4. 4.Fences, Breaches, and a Tel HaMitlaket
  5. 5.Forming a Partnership Using Two Meals' Worth of Food
  6. 6.Setting Aside the Eruv and Reciting Its Berakha
  7. 7.An Eruv Where Shabbat Desecrators Live
  8. 8.An Eruv That Becomes Invalidated on Shabbat
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30Tehum Shabbatתחומי שבת
  1. 1.General Principles of Tehum Shabbat
  2. 2.Squaring the Tehum
  3. 3.Tehum Shabbat Is Individual
  4. 4.Spending Shabbat In or Outside a City
  5. 5.Measuring Tehum in Rabbinic Times and Nowadays
  6. 6.The Cardinal Directions and Squaring a City
  7. 7.Cases In Which We Do Not Square a City
  8. 8.Connecting Settled Areas
  9. 9.Overlapping Squares
  10. 10.The Status of Large Cities
  11. 11.Traveling Beyond the Tehum and Items Arriving from Beyond the Tehum
  12. 12.Eruv Tehumin
  13. 13.Placing the Eruv Tehumin and Reciting the Berakha
  14. 14.Establishing a Conditional Eruv for All Local Residents
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