- Shabbat and Holidays
- Other Appliances
1469
Question
May a wind-up mechanical chess clock be used on Shabbat if it is fully wound up before Shabbat?
Answer
There is a prohibition to measure on Shabbat if not for Mitzvah purposes. Therefore this chess watch is Muktze as it is used for measuring play time and should not be used on Shabbat.
Nails clipping and pregnancy
Rabbi David Sperling | Cheshvan 5, 5781
Do non-Jews or non-Noahides go to heaven?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Cheshvan 7, 5779
Bracha on chocolate with wafer
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 9 Cheshvan 5767
Nichsei Milog & Tzon Barzel
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 7 Tishrei 5766
Havara- Sefaradic or Ashkenazic Pronunciation
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 17, 5785
Bedikat chametz
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 11, 5785
Separate beds while niddah
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Nisan 13, 5785
