- Shabbat and Holidays
- Music and Musical Instruments
Clapping Hands on Shabbat
Various Rabbis
4 Nisan 5763
Question
What is the Halacha about clapping on Shabbat. Does it matter if it is in shul or not?
Answer
It is forbidden to clap hands on Shabbat if not by a Shinui - on the back of ones hand.
The Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 339 and the R"ma both tended to be maykel, in order that the people who clapped would not be commiting a sin.
The reason for the Isur is so as to stop one from fixing a musical instrument on shabbat. Nowadays, when we do not know how to fix instruments there is more reason to be Matir.
Rabbi Ro'i Margalit
Guitar on Shabbat
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 9 Cheshvan 5767
Whistling
Various Rabbis | 19 Cheshvan 5764
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.
Backyard Eruv
15 Kislev 5763
Length of Sleeves
15 Kislev 5763
REDEMPTION, Why - What did I do!?
4 Cheshvan 5763
Potential wedding date
9 Kislev 5763
Bugs in Raspberries
Various Rabbis | Cheshvan 10, 5769
Walking my dog on Shabbos
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 4 Cheshvan 5768
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770
Electronic door lock
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Shevat 9, 5782
Mixed chicken soup with cream
Rabbi David Sperling | Shevat 8, 5782
