- Shabbat and Holidays
- Cleaning and Hygiene
Shower on Shabbat
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky
3 Cheshvan 5766
Question
Why are we forbidden to take a shower or bath on Shabbat?
Answer
Various types of baths and showers are not allowed as an out growth of "Gezeirat Merchatz" the ban on public baths where the proprieters were suspected of heating water on Shabbat. One should learn these halachot carefully to know what kind of washing up is allowed.
Flossing Teeth on Shabbat
Various Rabbis | Adar I 13, 5768
Washing dishes on shabbos
Rabbi David Sperling | Tevet 16, 5772
Sponge on Shabbat and Yom Tov
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 8 Kislev 5767
Hands Washing on Shabbat
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 24 Adar 5766
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky teaches a shiur in gemarah at the Beit Midrash program of the Machon Hagavoah l'Torah at Bar Ilan University. He is also a certified examiner of STa"M (Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot) and a narrative therapist.
Yirmeyahu 4:30
12 Sivan 5764
Can a Male Ger Become a Rabbi?
12 Av 5764
Bottom Challah
19 Sivan 5764
Powered Parachute Flights
5 Tammuz 5764
Buying new things during the Omer
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5775
Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773
Parsha readings on weekdays
Various Rabbis | Kislev 25, 5775
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770
the hand symbol
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 21, 5782
halachas
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 21, 5782
Chareidim and Israel
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 22, 5782
