122 Lessons

Ask the Rabbi: “Cooked” and Sweetened Wine for Kiddush
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 5785
Kiddush – Why Some Sit, Why Some Stand
Rabbi Ari N Enkin | 29 Tammuz 5784

Wanted Dead or Alive
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 22 Adar II 5784

Moral Culpability for Unintentional Actions on Shabbat
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 22 Adar II 5784

Carrying on Shabbos
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 12 Shvat 5784

Unicycles on Shabbat
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 5784 11 Shvat

Eiruv Chatzeirot at a Hospital
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 5 Shvat 5784

May we make the Kiddush before Kri’at Hatorah?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Sivan 5783

Cooking for Shabbat at the End of Yom Tov
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Iyar 20 5783

Some of the Laws of Seudah Shelishis
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Adar 5783

Paying a Babysitter for Work on Shabbat
We need a babysitter for a few hours on Shabbat. Is there a problem paying her for Shabbat work?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 4 Kislev 5783

Responsive Baby Bassinet
There is a special bassinet that provides motion and soothing noise and reacts to an infant’s crying by intensifying them. Is it permitted to use this bassinet on Shabbat, and if so, are there special instructions?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Sivan 23 5782

An Agent Showing a House on Shabbat
A congregant of mine is trying to sell his house. His non-Jewish real estate agent suggested doing an open house on Shabbat, a good time for many buyers. If the owner goes away for Shabbat, may he do that?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Sivan 15 5782

Shabbat Meal for Shema/Sefira
When we make early Shabbat, is it better, when nighttime falls, to recite Kri’at Shema and sefirat ha’omer during the meal or to wait until after the meal?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Iyar 16 5782

Disposing of Tea Light Leftovers
I read that one should not throw directly into the garbage mitzva-related objects. Should I wrap in plastic the leftover shell and wax residue from “tea light” Shabbat candles?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Iyar 8 5782

Jews on Cruise: Can One Sail on Shabbat?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar II 20 5782

Raffle on Shabbat
May one hold a raffle on Shabbat?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar II 19 5782

Batim of Tefillin on the Floor on Shabbat
The “retired” tefillin batim (in which the parshiyot go) I keep in a closet fell to the floor on Shabbat, inside a flimsy plastic bag. I intuited that it was better to pick them up than to leave them in disgrace on the floor. Was that correct?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar II 12 5782

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?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Adar I 29 5782
