- Shabbat and Holidays
- Cream and Ointment
Creams & Ointments
Question
Is there any difference between applying ointments and applying creams on Shabbat or Yom Tov? Are both forbidden? Is there any sort of ointment, such as vaseline or acne medication that is permitted?
Answer
There is no difference between them.

deodorant
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tammuz 15, 5782

Face Cream on Shabbat
Various Rabbis | 20 Iyyar 5765
Thick cream on Shabbos
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 29, 5782

Apply Serum on shabbat
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 22, 5780

Rabbi Eliezer S. Weisz
Chief Rabbi of Kfar Haro’e and the Emek Hefer valley in Israel.

Siliquartz kitchen sinks
10 Shevat 5763

Hechsher for pesticides
15 Tevet 5763

Grave visiting
2 Iyyar 5763

Over One Year Old Treif Dishes
2 Iyyar 5763

Naming a baby girl Romi
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 18, 5774

Shaitels for non-married women
Rabbi David Sperling | Tammuz 29, 5779

Bracha on water
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | Cheshvan 16, 5769

Kaddish for non Jewish Relatives
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 28 Tammuz 5766

Thank you
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 17, 5783

Talmud
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 4, 5783

Btselem
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 18, 5783
