- Shabbat and Holidays
- General Questions
Auctioning on Shabbat
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis
19 Av 5764
Question
Is auctioning off Aliyot on Shabbat Muktzeh as it’s Melachah?
Answer
The Misnah Brura 147 8 comments that it is a custom to auction the Mitzvot on Shabbat and that is the practice in many shules. There is a comment in additions to Maase Rav 34 that the GR"A didn’t approve of that nevertheless the practice in many places is different.
Mixing warm and cool water on Shabbat
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 3, 5781
Ordering online on Friday
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tevet 12, 5780
Haircut or nailcut on Motzei shabbos
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Cheshvan 7, 5772
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis
Former Rabbi of Jewish congregation in Perth, Australia
Picking a Butcher Shop
9 Tammuz 5764
Court During the Three Weeks
13 Tammuz 5764
Shaving During the Three Weeks
17 Tammuz 5764
Prayers, Yom Kippur, etc.
13 Tammuz 5764
Maaser
Rabbi David Sperling | Shevat 2, 5776
keeping one day Yom Tov in Chutz La’aretz
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | Nisan 7, 5769
Cannanites, Amalekites, genocide
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Shevat 21, 5782
Cannanites, Amalekites, genocide
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Shevat 21, 5782
Why women are exempt from minyan and kaddish
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 17, 5782
