15 Lessons
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions 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?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions 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?
Preparations for Shabbat, Entrance and Exit 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?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Men Lighting Early in Yerushalayim
Should single men in Yerushalayim light 40 minutes before sunset like women do?
Preparations for Shabbat, Entrance and Exit The Halacha Named for a Thief!
What Halachic principle is, strangely, named after a thief?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Benefitting from Child’s Violation during Bein Hashemashot
We forgot to plug in our hot plate, and so we asked our child (9 years old) to plug it in 11 minutes after sunset. We second-guessed ourselves in the morning. Was it permitted? If not, could we have used the hot plate then and benefitted from the food that was on it?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Adding a Shabbat Candle after Forgetting
I am a man living alone. Last week, I forgot to light Shabbat candles. Must I light an extra one from now on?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Who Lights Shabbat Candles – Father or Daughter?
The last time my wife was away for Shabbat, my oldest daughter (under bat mitzva) wanted to light Shabbat candles instead of me. Can a minor daughter do so, and does she have precedence over me?
Preparations for Shabbat, Entrance and Exit Starting Shabbos Early
“If I accepted Shabbos early, may I ask my neighbor, who is beginning Shabbos at the regular time, to turn on a light?”
