Rephael Cattan

 We have finished siman 12. We learned that even when the Jew does not receive direct benefit from the work performed by the non-Jew on Shabbos (because the non-Jew pays a fixed fee to the Jew and keeps all of the profits), there can still be an issue of maris ayin. In simanim 13. 14 […]

  We are continuing in siman 12, discussing the seventh criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. This criterion is that the Jew cannot gain any economic benefit from the work which the non-Jew is doing on Shabbos.  Yesterday, we discussed the example

We are continuing in siman 11, discussing mail on Shabbos. We have discussed sending and receiving mail on Shabbos; today we will clarify a point regarding receiving mail.   We learned yesterday that if mail was sent to a Jewish recipient by someone else, the Jewish recipient may benefit from it. However, we must clarify that

  We are continuing in siman 11, discussing mail on Shabbos. We have discussed sending mail on Shabbos; today we will discuss receiving mail.     If the non-Jew knocks on the door and wishes to hand-deliver the mail, it is preferable to have the non-Jew put it down. The reason is due to the possibility

 We are continuing in siman 11, discussing mail on Shabbos. We have learned that a Jew cannot place a letter in the mail on Shabbos itself, but could place it in a public mailbox on Friday even if it will not be processed until Shabbos. The Jew cannot have the non-Jew take it from the

MWe are beginning in siman 11. We will not learn the entire siman inside. The Chayei Adam will discuss mailing items on Shabbos. The Chayei Adam writes that based on what we have learned, a person cannot put outgoing mail into the mail on Shabbos. Even though the mailman is a kablan, and there is

 We are continuing in siman 10, discussing the sixth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. This criterion is that even when an item is talush, the non-Jew cannot perform the work on the item in a public place. The Chayei Adam explains

 We are beginning siman 10 (we will skip siman 8 and 9). The Chayei Adam will discuss the sixth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. In criterion five, we learned the difference between work on something mechubar, which is generally assur, and

We are beginning siman 7, where the Chayei Adam will discuss what happens, bedieved, when a non-Jew does work on something mechubar on Shabbos.  The Chayei Adam writes that if the arrangement with the non-Jew was of a sechir yom, if he did construction, the Jew may not benefit from the construction forever (agriculture may

We are continuing in siman 6, where the Chayei Adam discusses the fifth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. This criterion is that the item which the non-Jew will be working on must be talush, detached from the ground. If the item

 We are continuing in siman 6, where the Chayei Adam discusses the fifth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. The Chayei Adam writes that the item which the non-Jew will be working on must be talush, detached from the ground. If the

 We are continuing in siman 6, where the Chayei Adam discusses the fifth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. The Chayei Adam writes that the item which the non-Jew will be working on must be talush, detached from the ground. If the

We are beginning siman 6, where the Chayei Adam will discuss the fifth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. This criterion is related to the first criteria, in that it regards maris ayin.  Rav Moshe understands that there is a issur deoraysa

 We are continuing in siman 5, where the Chayei Adam discusses the fourth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. This criterion is that the Jew cannot direct the non-Jew to specifically perform the work on Shabbos. Rather, the Jew must let the

 We are continuing in siman 5, where the Chayei Adam discusses the fourth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. This criterion is that the Jew cannot direct the non-Jew to specifically perform the work on Shabbos. Rather, he must give it to

We are beginning siman 5, where the Chayei Adam will discuss the fourth criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos. This criterion is that the Jew cannot direct the non-Jew to specifically perform the work on Shabbos. Rather, he must give it to

 We have finished siman 4, which discusses the criteria that the non-Jew be hired as a kablan. We learned that the Chayei Adam holds that in addition to the simple definition of a kablan (when the non-Jew is hired for a specific job, such as to fix an engine or sewing a garment), if the

We have finished siman 4, which discusses the criteria that the non-Jew be hired as a kablan. Yesterday, we learned four ways of understanding why Chazal were more lenient regarding a kablan over a sechir yom. The fourth explanation was that the primary element of the hiring of a sechir yom is time (because he