- Shabbat and Holidays
- Music and Musical Instruments
Clapping Hands on Shabbat
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.

The Blessing of keeping The Laws of Niddah
15 Cheshvan 5763

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

I love pork
23 Cheshvan 5763

Destruction of Divrei Torah
2 Kislev 5763
Meaning of the name "Yaakov"
Rabbi Berel Wein | 2 Kislev 5763

Popcorn at the cinema
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 8, 5773

Kaddish for non Jewish Relatives
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 28 Tammuz 5766

Tehillim for a deceased parent
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tammuz 8, 5773

Btselem
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 18, 5783

Torah vs. Tanak additions
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 4, 5783

Health Neglect & Cigarette Smoking in Yeshivas
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 19, 5783
