D'var Halacha

    We are beginning siman 13! There is an age-old question regarding borer and filters. Historically, people would make a bag out of a tight-knit cloth, and eventually the liquid would seep through. This bag is a problem, because the bag is considered a kli for the purpose of filtering. It is either borer […]

  We are continuing in siman 12, where the Chayei Adam is discussing squeezing liquids from cloth and garments. We last discussed the scenarios where a person is squeezing the cloth for the purpose of using the liquid. We learned that if the liquid is water, it is assur mideoraysa to squeeze it, both in

  We are continuing in siman 12, and will continue our introduction to schita from clothing and garments. We learned that there are two concerns, one being dosh and the other being melabein. Yesterday, we learned about the concern of dosh and today we will discuss melabein.   Regarding melabein, there is a machlokes rishonim

  We are beginning siman 12, where we will begin the discussion of schita from clothing. We will learn that there are two potential melachos involved in the act of squeezing a liquid out of a beged (garment or cloth). One is the melacha of dosh, or specifically schita, and the other is melabein, laundering

We are continuing in siman 11, regarding the halachos of melting ice and snow.  Rav Pesach Eliyahu Falk, the halacha rebbe in Gateshead Seminary, wrote a four-volume set of seforim on Shabbos, called Zachor Veshamor. He discusses the halachos of dosh in the first volume, and clarifies an important point based primarily on the teshuvos

  We are continuing in siman 11, regarding the halachos of melting ice and snow. We last learned that it is muttar to melt sugar on Shabbos. The Chayei Adam brings two layers to the argument as to why it is muttar.  First, the Chayei Adam writes that it is muttar to pour hot water

  We are continuing in siman 11, regarding the halachos of melting ice and snow. We learned about the concepts of nolad and muktzeh, and how the Sefer Haterumah holds that it is assur to melt ice or snow due to nolad.   The Shulchan Aruch, in siman 318:16, rejects the opinion of the Sefer

  We are continuing in siman 11, regarding the halachos of melting ice and snow. We learned about the concepts of nolad and muktzeh, and how that plays out in regards to melting ice and snow.   The Gemara discusses rain, and whether one can use rain which falls on Shabbos. Obviously, water is muchan

  We are continuing in siman 11, regarding the halachos of melting ice and snow. We learned that the Gemara brings a few opinions as to why it is assur to to melt ice on Shabbos. The first explanation was that the issur is creating water, the second explanation is that it approximates squeezing, and

  We are beginning siman 11, and will begin with an introduction. The Gemara says that one cannot crush snow in order to thaw it and turn it into water. The Shulchan Aruch brings this as halacha lemaaseh in siman 320. We have to understand why it is assur, and the possible reasons will result

  We are continuing in siman 8, discussing choleiv (milking), which is a toldah of dosh. We have learned (s0384) that one of the issues with applying mashkeh habaah l’ochel in regards to milking directly into a food is that the animal is not always considered a food itself (and therefore we cannot view the

  We are continuing in siman 8, discussing choleiv (milking), which is a toldah of dosh. We left off with the psak of the Chayei Adam, who wrote that a Jew should not milk a cow on their own on Shabbos, but that it is muttar to ask a non-Jew to milk the cow. The

  Sponsorships for the upcoming Klalim, which discuss the 39 melachos of Shabbos, are available. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information at rabbireingold@gmail.com or 301.996.5910   We are continuing in siman 8, discussing choleiv (milking), which is a toldah of dosh. We left off discussing whether mashkeh haba’ah laochel would apply to milking. There