Question: 1. What is the reason that we stand on Erev Shabbat for Mizmor leDavid? 2. Also why do we stand for Aleinu? Answer: 1. There is...

Question: Is Melaveh Malkah obligatory? Answer: Melaveh Malkah is obligatory. One must say haMotzi. BeDiavad, one can eat mezonot. 9th...

Question: After Shabbat is over, can one say "hamavdil bein kodesh lechol" to enable himself to do melacha? Answer: One should only do...

Question: Is Seudah Shlishith on Shabbat obligatory? Answer: Seudah Shlishith is indeed just as obligatory as the other two seudot. One...

Question: Does one have to use liquid soap on Shabbat? Answer: No, one may use hard soap. 9th of Nisan, 5769 Friday, 03 April 2009

Question: Do you hold that dancing, clapping, etc. are forbidden on Shabbat and Yom Tov as per Beitzah 30a? Answer: Dancing, clapping (in...

Question: Can I carry on Shabbat in a fenced-in campus, where the front gate is always left open? There are two other gates that are...

Question: Can one make an early Shabbat? Answer: 1. Yes, making Shabbat early is entirely acceptable. 2. Most people who do this,...

Question: Should we take the lulav when the first day of Sukkot falls on Shabbat? Answer: Yes, if you are a resident of Eretz Yisrael....

When the first day of chag falls of Shabbat, do we take our lulav?