D'var Halacha

  We are at the end of siman 29, and will discuss a few points not mentioned by the Chayei Adam. Today, we will discuss tearing toilet paper on Shabbos.   The potential concerns of tearing toilet paper are makeh bepatish, because one is making the item usable; mechateich, because it is being cut to […]

We are at the end of siman 29, and will discuss a few points not mentioned by the Chayei Adam.  We began discussing bottle caps yesterday. Another type of cap is known as a flip-top cap, such as found on sports drinks, where a plastic connector is torn off to allow the cap to open

  We are at the end of siman 29, and will discuss a few points not mentioned by the Chayei Adam.   The issue of opening bottle caps on Shabbos is not really related to korea, but we will clarify it now nonetheless. One type of cap is the cap on a beer bottle, where

  We have completed siman 4, which discussed stuffing and restuffing a pillow. Today, we will discuss an application of this siman, which is blowing air into beachballs or air mattresses, or blowing balloons and so on. If the item has never yet been blown up, it is more of an issue–as we learned regarding

  We are beginning siman 4, which discusses a pillow that lost its stuffing. Pillows were made by taking two pieces of material and stitching them on three sides. Then, they were stuffed with soft material and stitched on the fourth side.  The first question is whether a person can fill up the pillow lechatchilla

We are beginning siman 3. The siman is one line, but is not so simple.    The Chayei Adam writes that it is assur to stretch out a thread so that it is not compacted. Thread can be made by wrapping it around itself, but when that is done, the thread sometimes needs to be