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?

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?

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?

Feeding the Birds

Assembling Portable Cribs and Adjusting Shtenders on Shabbos

Can a Lens be Laundered? How do I Care for my Soft Contacts on Shabbos?

My friend and I both wear soft contact lens, but we received very different instructions how to care for them on Shabbos. Could you please explain the background to the shailohs involved?

Sewing on Shabbos

Do People Live in the Zoo?

A special shiur for shabat Beshalach about Eruv laws