D'var Halacha

We are beginning siman 3. The Chayei Adam writes that cutting letters from a piece of hide or leather is included in the issur deoraysa of koseiv. However, rosheim, which is using a blunt instrument to make impressions in leather (without cutting it), is not chayav. The reason one is not chayav is because nothing […]

  We have finished siman 1, and need to clarify one point. The Chayei Adam wrote that reshima is chayav. The Gemara explains that reshima refers to making a symbol as a signature instead of writing one’s name. For example, Rav would make a picture of a fish instead of signing his name. This symbol

  We are continuing in an introduction to Klal 37, the melacha of koseiv. In the previous shiur, we learned that combining letters to create words is not koseiv, because the melacha of koseiv is specifically creating the letters. However, there is a way to create letters which would mistakenly be excluded based on that

    We are beginning Klal 37, which discusses the melacha of koseiv, writing. The source for this melacha is that the kerashim (the wooden beams) outside of the Mishkan would be labeled in order to identify that they were put back in the same place every time they were moved. This was done to

  We have finished siman 3 and are discussing cutting toilet paper. We learned that, besides for the melacha of korea, the melacha of mechateich will apply if a person cuts the toilet paper to a specific size.    In the previous shiur, we learned the heter of amira l’achum to ask a non-Jew to

  We have finished siman 3, where the Chayei Adam introduced the concept of ain mechateich b’ochlin, mechateich does not apply to food. We will clarify a few more points about this concept.    Cutting pills. We learned that the reason mechateich does not apply to food is because the chashivus of cutting something is

  We are beginning siman 3. The Chayei Adam writes, based on the Shulchan Aruch, that the concept of mechateich does not apply to food. Thus, if a person wants to cut a piece of cake to a certain size, or divide a pie into exact slices, the melacha of mechateich does not apply. The

  We are beginning siman 2, where the Chayei Adam gives the shiur necessary to be chayav for mechateich.   The Chayei Adam writes that one is chayav for mechateich if they cut off a piece of leather from a hide that is large enough to cover a kameiah (amulet). The Chayei Adam clarifies that,

We are beginning Klal 36, which discusses the melacha of mechateich. One of steps to processing leather was cutting it to a specific size in order to use it. Thus, cutting the leather, or any other item, to a specific size is the melacha of mechateich.   The Chayei Adam writes that cutting any item

  We are continuing in siman 5, discussing muttar ways to use creams or lotions on Shabbos. As we learned in the previous shiur, even in cases where the gezeira regarding refuah does not apply, the gezeirah of shema yimareiach still applies, so a cream or lotion cannot automatically be used even if there is