- Shabbat and Holidays
- General Questions
Opening Bottles on Shabbat
Question
Is one allowed to open bottle caps that are made of metal on Shabbat? If not, when can one be lenient?
Answer
There is dispute amongst the Poskim on this matter therefore one should either open before Shabbat or damage the cap and than there is no problem in opening the cap on Shabbat.
Rabbi Yitzchak Grinblat

Ice Cubes on Shabbat
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 5 Tishrei 5766

Salad Spinner
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 12 Nisan 5766

Hot Tap Water on Shabbat
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 6 Tevet 5765

Making ice cubes on Shabbat
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 28, 5768

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.

REDEMPTION, Why - What did I do!?
4 Cheshvan 5763

A Convert Who Does Not Keep Shabbat
23 Cheshvan 5763

Becoming a Ger
1 Kislev 5763

One bracha or two
15 Kislev 5763

Shaving after Lag Ba’omer
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 23, 5768

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

Omer Days I can shave/cut hair
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 2, 5774

The Meaning of the Abbreviation "Shlita"
Various Rabbis | 25 Tammuz 5765
the hand symbol
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 21, 5782
Tenach Melochim
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 16, 5782

About Olam
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 21, 5782
