- Shabbat and Holidays
- Music and Musical Instruments
Whistling
Various Rabbis
19 Cheshvan 5764
Question
Is whistling allowed on Shabbat?
Answer
Our sages forbade whistling specifically using an instrument. Whistling by mouth or hand is not forbidden on Shabbat. However, it is inappropriate for one to address a friend by whistling.
Rabbi Dov Lior
(Rewritten from his program on Arutz Sheva)
Guitar on Shabbat
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 9 Cheshvan 5767
Clapping Hands on Shabbat
Various Rabbis | 4 Nisan 5763
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
A Convert Who Does Not Keep Shabbat
23 Cheshvan 5763
Yoatzot Halachot
15 Kislev 5763
Finding a Rav
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Destruction of Divrei Torah
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The Meaning of the Abbreviation "Shlita"
Various Rabbis | 25 Tammuz 5765
No-wedding days
Rabbi David Sperling | Sivan 20, 5772
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770
Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773
Chareidim and Israel
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 22, 5782
negiah with niece - level of prohibition
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 21, 5782
halachas
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 21, 5782
