Wanted Dead or Alive

Carrying on Shabbos

Some of the Laws of Seudah Shelishis

Forgetting Shabbos Candles

After Shabbos began, I noticed that I had forgotten to light one of my candles. Must I light an additional candle in the future? “I was unable to light my Shabbos lights because of circumstances beyond my control. Must I begin lighting an additional candle every week in the future?

Warming Food on Shabbos

May I warm food on Shabbos by putting it near the stove?May I take a kugel from the refrigerator on Shabbos morning and place it on the cholent pot to warm?

Curious Kiddush Shaylos

The Torah commands us to declare the sanctity of Shabbos, a mitzvah we fulfill when we recite Kiddush before beginning the meal. Notwithstanding that this mitzvah appears very clear cut, it sometimes involves interesting shaylos.

Staining Matters

On Shabbos, must I try not to stain my clothes? May I freshen my lipstick on Shabbos? Does bleaching out color violate the Melacha of dyeing?

Reviewing the Parsha

When do I begin my weekly reading of the parsha? Which Torah commentary is the most important to study every week? Is it better to read each posuk of the Torah twice, followed by its translation, and then proceed to the next posuk or a different method?

A Haftarah from Yechezkel

Who chose which haftaros we read? In what ways is the book of Yechezkel unusual? Why is the haftarah on Shabbos seldom from Yechezkel?

Food Coloring and Shabbos

May I mix red and white wines on Shabbos? May I decorate a cake on Shabbos?

How Not to Desecrate Shabbos

The story of the mekosheish, the man caught gathering wood on Shabbos, in Parshas Shelach, contains a host of conflicting and unusual midrashim. The story also serves as a springboard for many halachic and hashkafic issues.

Can there be Smoke Without a Fire?

May I place cold frankfurters on top of a hot pot to warm them on Shabbos? May one derive benefit from a cheese dog, which is a grilled hot dog with added cheese and chili sauce? I will be traveling overseas for Yom Tov and Shabbos, and it will be difficult for me to have cooked food ready for an eruv tavshillin. May I use lox as my eruv tavshillin?

Pulling Teeth

May I pull teeth on Shabbos? Does clipping fingernails on Shabbos involve a Torah prohibition? On Yom Tov, may I dig up earth to perform the mitzvah of kisuy hadam?

Carrying Nitroglycerin on Shabbos

Is there a way whereby a person suffering from angina or other heart disease may carry his medication on Shabbos through a public thoroughfare?

Carding, Combing and Disentangling

Erasing on Shabbos

Writing on Shabbos

When May I Ask a Non-Jew to Assist Me on Shabbos?

When May I Ask a Non-Jew for Help on Shabbos? Part II

When May I Ask a Non-Jew for Help on Shabbos?