We have finished Klal 22 and are discussing a few additional points. Today, we will continue to discuss muktzah issues.    Once an item receives a muktzah status, it cannot be moved. An item which still has potential use, such as a towel which is only partially wet, a towel which is only damp, […]

   

  We have finished Klal 22, and have a few points to clarify.   As a reminder, when discussing the melacha of sechita, there are two relevant issues. One is melabein, that the squeezing process takes out the dirt and cleans in the process. The second is dosh. For example, when squeezing a baby wipe, […]

  We have finished Klal 22, and have a few points to clarify. We learned that there is no melacha of melabein involved in soaking leather, and the concern only begins if one rubs the leather. However, one must be mindful of the stitching of the item, which is not leather, as melabein would apply […]

  We have finished siman 12, which discussed using the mikvah on Shabbos. At the end of the siman, the Chayei Adam refers the learner to the halachos of rechitzah. There, the Chayei Adam explains that Chazal instituted an issur of bathing on Shabbos. This issur was not borne out of concern for sechita, but […]

We are beginning siman 22. The Chayei Adam writes that it is muttar to go to the mikvah on Shabbos. There are few concerns to discuss. The first is the concept of tikkun, which is an issur derabanan against fixing an item. The process of going to the mikvah is a taharah process, similar to […]

  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 […]