Rephael Cattan

 We are continuing in siman 3. The Chayei Adam is discussing the second criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos, which is that the non-Jew must be paid. We learned that if the non-Jew offers to perform the work for free, it is

 We are continuing in siman 3. The Chayei Adam is discussing the second criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding melacha on Shabbos, which is that the non-Jew must be paid. The Chayei Adam will discuss a detail regarding the arrangement.  We learned that it is

 We are beginning siman 3, where the Chayei Adam will discuss the second 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 must inform the non-Jew that he will pay him for the work performed. The amount paid must

 We are beginning siman 2, where the Chayei Adam will discuss the first criterion for it to be permitted to make an arrangement with a non-Jew before Shabbos regarding something on Shabbos. We learned that the first criterion is that the item be removed from the Jew’s home before Shabbos.   The Chayei Adam writes that

  We are continuing in siman 1, discussing the eight conditions which must be met to allow for a non-Jew to perform melacha for a Jew on Shabbos. So far,we learned the first six: The work cannot be done in the home of any Jew, and any materials must be removed from the home of

 We are continuing in siman 1, discussing the eight conditions which must be met to allow for a non-Jew to perform melacha for a Jew on Shabbos. Yesterday, we learned the first three: The work cannot be done in the home of any Jew, and any materials must be removed from the home of the

We are continuing in siman 1. We learned that the Chayei Adam writes there will be situations in which it is muttar to have a non-Jew perform work for a Jew on Shabbos, dependent on eight conditions. Some of these conditions are related to the problem of the instruction from the Jew to the non-Jew,

We are beginning siman 1. The Chayei Adam begins with another source for the prohibition of amira l’akum. The Chayei Adam writes that it is assur for a Jew to allow a non-Jew to perform work for him on Shabbos. This language implies that there will be scenarios in which the non-Jew offers to do

 We are continuing in our introduction to the halachos of amira l’akum. Yesterday, we learned that there are a few explanations behind the issur of amira l’akum. One reason, which does not apply here, is the issur of discussing melacha on Shabbos itself. (This reason does not apply over here as the Chayei Adam is

 We are beginning Klal 3, discussing the halachos of amira l’akum, asking a non-Jew to do work for a Jew on Shabbos. The same way the Chayei Adam divides up shehiyah and hatmana between the last Klal and discusses them again later, he will do so with amira l’akum. We will begin with the concept

 We have finished siman 2, and are addressing whether it is permissible to open a contemporary oven door of a lit oven on Shabbos. To clarify, we are not discussing a situation in which opening and closing the oven door is causing bishul. Rather, we are discussing where there is no food in the oven

 We have finished siman 2, and are addressing a few other points regarding hatmana. Today, we will discuss whether it is permissible to open a contemporary oven door of a lit oven on Shabbos.   In general, ovens work on a heating cycle, in which the heating element turns off once the oven has reached its

 We have finished Klal 2. The Chayei Adam discusses hatmana again in Klal 20, but we address a few more points here.   We learned that we follow the approach of the Rema (shiur S0049) that hatmana b’miktzas is muttar. We left off (shiur S0056) with a question regarding whether hatmana b’miktzas is defined by the

 We are continuing in siman 7, discussing the halachos of hatmana as they regard an oven. The Chayei Adam writes that if a person leaves fully cooked liquids in the oven (e.g, coffee) that have cooled down, if by opening and closing the oven door they will reheat, it is assur to close the door. 

 We are beginning siman 7, where the Chayei Adam will discuss a practical application of hatmana regarding an oven. Although the application does not apply to us, because our ovens are made differently, there are important points we will extrapolate from the case.  The Chayei Adam writes that people would store food in their oven

 We are beginning siman 6. The Chayei Adam begins the siman by repeating a point he made before. He writes that it is assur to wrap a pot completely in blankets or covers, even if the covers are not mosif hevel, once Shabbos has begun. Thus, a person cannot take a pot out of the

 We are continuing in siman 5, discussing the halachos of hatmana. The Chayei Adam now discusses the halacha of someone who violates the takana of Chazal and performs hatmana in an assur fashion.   The Chayei Adam writes that if one performs hatmana with something which is mosif hevel, if they knowingly transgressed the halacha, it

 We are continuing in siman 5, discussing the halachos of hatmana. We left off with a contradiction in the Chayei Adam. On the one hand, he writes that hatmana b’miktzas is muttar, but on the other hand, he only allows for the coffee pot to be submerged in sand if the majority of the pot

 We are continuing in siman 5, discussing the halachos of hatmana. The Chayei Adam is discussing a scenario in which a person is trying to perform hatmana on coffee. They dig a hole in the floor of the oven and place the coffee pot there. The Chayei Adam wrote that this is muttar, as we