The Basic Idea In order for an action to be considered true “work” on Shabbat, it must satisfy several conditions. These conditions relate mainly to the concept of intention. That is, my work is only ‘work’ on Shabbat (Hebrew, melacha) if I intend to do the action I am doing.
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By Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch Parashat Ki Tisa begins with the final instructions for building the Mishkan, the Tabernacle – the temporary temple that accompanied the Jewish nation through its journeys in the desert. The instructions were given to Moses when he was on Mount Sinai and received the laws of the Torah from God. The
Origins in the Torah The etiology of Shabbat is given in the first two chapters of the Book of Bereishit (Genesis), although the name of the day does not actually appear there: God worked six days at creating the world on the seventh he ceased working (shavat mi-kol melaʾkhto), blessed the day, and declared it holy.
There are some that prepare these salads before Shabbos to avoid any shailos. If they were not, one should prepare them in the following manner: Egg salad: Peeling the eggs and onions. The peeling must be done by hand shortly before the meal, and only the necessary amount that may
The Sages of the Mishnah and the Talmud do not clearly define the exact parameters of the melachah of knotting, the twenty-first of the thirty-nine forbidden forms of “labor” on Shabbos. The description of the Biblically prohibited knot, kesher shel k’yama, a permanent knot, is vague enough to allow for much dispute and debate among
Question: Is one permitted to place a bouquet of flowers into a vase filled with water on Shabbat or is this forbidden? Answer: In the previous Halacha we have explained that one of the forbidden works on Shabbat is planting. We have also quoted the Gemara which states that water trees or seeds on
In the previous Halachot we have discussed the general laws of the forbidden work of selecting on Shabbat and that in order for selecting to be permissible on Shabbat, several conditions must be met, one of which is that one may select only in order to eat the food “immediately”.
Is it tochein to make guacamole at home on Shabbat? One of the thirty-nine forbidden melachot of Shabbat is tochein (grinding). The prohibition of grinding involves reducing any item grown from the ground (and according to some, even some foods that are not grown in the ground such as meat) into small particles. A prime example would be grinding kernels of wheat into flour. Also