There is a mitzvah to enter into Shabbat in a state of anticipation and desire for the Shabbat meal which prevents us from having full blown meals on erev Shabbat.

We conclude discussions of travelling in the days before Shabbat and turn to an analysis of travelling on Friday before Shabbat - what distance can one travel on a Friday before Shabbat starts?

We examine under what conditions it is permitted to set out on a journey with others on erev Shabbat.

We learn under what conditions it is permitted to board a boat just before Shabbat,

We examine under what conditions it is permitted to set off on a boat before Shabbat

We examine the permissibility of a non-Jew delivering mail on his own volition.

We explore whether it is permitted to send letters or parcels via a non-Jew where there is a chance it might be delivered on Shabbat,

We focus on the view of the Rema who allows leniencies in the conditional loan of an animal to a non-Jew over Shabbat. This is qualified by the Mishnah Berurah.

We examine how an animal can be transferred to a non-Jew as a conditional loan or rental such that it may be worked on Shabbat without transgressing the prohibition of working that animal on Shabbat as it "belongs" to the non-Jew.

We explore ways of avoiding the potential prohibition of working an animal on Shabbat when in the possession of a non-Jew either via a rental agreement or being lent to them.