D'var Halacha

  We are continuing in siman 11. We left off discussing synthetic materials and whether the melacha of melabein will apply to them. The halacha is that if the garment is woven of synthetic material, one must be concerned for melabein. Thus, for example, one cannot pour water on a stain on a tablecloth made […]

  We are at the end of siman 11, where the Chayei Adam says that sechita for hair is not assur mideoraysa, but is assur miderabanan. In siman 309:9, the Biur Halacha raises a question. The Gemara in Zevachim discusses washing out the blood of a korban which got absorbed into bigdei kehuna. The blood

We are at the end of siman 11, where the Chayei Adam writes that sechita and melabein do not apply to leather nor to hair. Thus, the same way it is muttar to soak leather, it is muttar to soak hair, and the same way we are not concerned about the issur of sechita by

  We are continuing in siman 9. We mentioned the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch, that the Gemara is referring to a dark, new garment which became wet through a liquid, and the Gemara is teaching that merely shaking off the liquid is assur due to libun. However, Rashi says that the Gemara is referring

  We are continuing in siman 8, where we learned that the Chayei Adam permits one to directly remove a food or tzoah stain from a garment. The Mishnah Berurah does not like this heter, and paskens against it. We need to understand the sevara of the Chayei Adam, but in order to do so,

We are skipping to siman 8, where the Chayei Adam discusses removing dirt from a garment with something other than water. The Chayei Adam writes that if the dirt is still wet, it is muttar to remove it with one’s fingers or with a knife, and it is not considered tochain. If it were to

  We are beginning siman 5. The Chayei Adam writes that the concern that a person will squeeze a wet garment is so strong that Chazal even prohibit moving the garment. Similarly, one is not allowed to walk through water while wearing garments because one may squeeze the water out afterwards. Furthermore, it is even

  We are beginning siman 4, where the Chayei Adam discusses straining water through a cloth. Based on what we have learned, there are two concerns. One is that even if the cloth is clean, there may be an issue of kibus. The other is the concern of sechita. In this specific case, there could

  We are continuing in siman 2. The Chayei Adam discusses a situation of a child who has relieved himself onto a garment. The Mishnah Berurah understands that the child was wearing a diaper, but the diaper soaked through onto a parent’s clothing. It is assur to place water onto the parent’s clothing, but the