We discuss the issues surrounding picking up an item from a non-Jewish store on Shabbat

We examine under what conditions it is permitted to give clothes to a non-Jew to launder on rev Shabbat.

We examine when it is permissible to give work to a non-Jew to carry out when it might be done by him on Shabbat.

We examine work that can be done on erev Shabbat that may extend into Shabbat,

We examine when it is permissable to work on erev Shabbat

We learn that the Torah greats would go to considerable lengths to ensure that they themselves did things to prepare for Shabbat. This was not considered beneath their dignity but rather added to their dignity as they brough honour to Shabbat

Ordinarily we do not carry out any activity before we have prayed in the morning. Preparation for Shabbat is an exception as it is considered in the "interests of Heaven".

We discuss fasting for personal, public fasts and those for a departed father or mother, and those fasts after nightmares, on erev Shabbat.