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Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan - Step into the Shabbat Home Part 8
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An incredible series on the laws of Shabbat in a clear, concise fashion given by our EMET halacha Rabbi, Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan
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welcome to the last class in the series
of laws of Shabbat this is class number
eight today we will cover a few
important Miller code of Shabbat number
one is kneading we're not allowed to mix
dry substance with liquid in order to
produce paste like consistency for
example kneading flour with water to
make dough or even to mix clay with
water to make molding clay or to mix dry
cement mixture with water to produce
cement all these are forbidden according
to Torah rabbinic Lee we're also
forbidden to even add water without
mixing for example you have flour we're
not allowed to add water to a bowl of
flour let's say you have a recipe that
requires you to pour water and then mix
it later we're not allowed even to add
water
now there are they're not only that some
some dry substances they don't produce a
paste for example you take sand and you
mix it with water it's not gonna stick
together it's it's gonna stay each grain
of sand is going to stay separate but
still we're not allowed to mix it with
with water pouring water on sand is not
prohibited because it doesn't stick
together as opposed to pouring water on
cement mixture or clay dry clay mixture
or flower even pouring is forbidden
because since it's it's forbidden
according to Torah to mix it so rabbinic
ly it's forbidden even to pour water
however things that don't mix like sand
or ash it's permitted to add water but
you're not allowed to mix it so what's
an example why would you add water to
sand for example you're outside and you
need to wash your hands we're not
allowed to wash our hands over grass or
over any area that potentially can grow
plants however if it's sand or gravel
where nothing is growing I can wash my
hands there and even though I'm adding
water to sand that's permitted but I
wouldn't be able to mix the sand
afterwards
now what about mixing water and salt or
water and sugar
or water and coffee so we have a
Linnaean see that any solid that
dissolves in water you're allowed to mix
it with water so even though at the
moment as you're pouring this the sugar
is still there the salt is still there
and the coffee is still there and the
first few drops if I stop right there
may produce paste but I continue pouring
and it gets all dissolved that's fine we
learned a separate prohibition that
we're not allowed to make brine salt
water but as far as making a paste and
kneading it's not prohibited and
therefore in at times when I can make
the solution either with sugar coffee or
salt water live a small amount I'm
allowed to mix it with water a question
is asked am I allowed to make jello on
Shabbat or pudding so there are there is
a mahaki there are there are different
opinions we follow the most strict
opinion even though there are opinions
that allow you to add water to the
mixture of the jello and they allowed
because right now it's liquid only after
sometime it will jellify but we follow
the most strict opinion that we cannot
mix the powder with water since
eventually it will produce jello
or pudding so it looks like I'm I'm
kneading right now I'm mixing solid with
liquid and eventually it will produce
jellow that is forbidden for us if
somebody did it already you can rely on
the lenient opinions that allow it and
you can you can eat it similarly we're
not allowed to make potato puree by
mixing potato flakes with water and that
is because the the puree that we're
trying to make has a consistency that's
similar to dough and similarly when I
make cereal for my children
baby baby cereal I have to be careful
not to create thick paste but rather
liquidy so for a child for a baby I'm
allowed to mix the the oatmeal or rice
flakes with water but I should add more
water than on a weekday to make it more
liquidy and I should not mix it
vigorously but rather gently preferably
in a crisscross manner to show that I'm
not really kneading I'm not doing it in
a regular way that looks like I'm
creating a thick paste but I'm changing
the consistency and I'm changing the way
I do it
and to more lenient sees that we have
about this halacha number one whoever
rule that a militia a Harley sure there
is no needing after needing therefore if
I started the process of needing already
and I'm gonna give you example I can
continued what is the process of meeting
I already added some liquid to this
solid powder and now on Shabbat I want
to add more liquid that's permitted an
example of that is tehina or Hamas let's
say yota he nor Hamas is too thick and
you would like to make it more liquidy I
am allowed to add more water or oil or
lemon juice and mix it because I already
did it from before and since it already
there the process finished and now I'm
just adding to make it more liquidy it's
permitted but still usually when it to
begin with when we make tahina
you have to shake it a lot otherwise it
doesn't mix well so on Shabbat don't mix
it vigorously but again mix it gently
and the second leniency is if the the
pieces of this paste are visible and
separate it's not considered meaning for
example if you have a salad potato salad
I live here
even if the pieces are small you're
still allow to add mayonnaise and mix it
because even though it seems that the
pieces get stuck together through
mayonnaise and now creates one blob
instead of just small pieces separate
still it's permitted because each piece
remains distinct the piece of potato the
piece of carrot the piece of egg it does
not blend into one
unlike though where the flour and water
they fuse together and they make one a
different entity yes so adding water
towards Savoy it depends how and when
when if after you remove it from fire
you want to add hot water to it that's
okay but if you want to put it back onto
fire that's a problem for safar them so
after it finished cooking and you're
ready to serve and it came out too thick
and you want to make it more liquidy so
that at that point you can add hot water
to it yes for safar them since we are
strict about liquids on Shabbat more
than Ashkenazim and we don't allow
liquids that cooled off slightly to go
back to the black even yes even though
it's hot but we are extra strict not
according to everybody but the practical
halakhah is that we should try to be
strict and not add even that water
because again the concern is that as the
water is being poured from the urn it
stops boiling and then when you put it
back on the black it starts boiling
again so it looks like the water is
being really heated precooked Ashkenazim
a more lenient there are some far more
lenient also but the practical alavés is
only add hot water to it after you take
it off the fire and you're not planning
to bring it back now some people ask is
there a way I can solve this issue
sometimes I wake up maybe often the
hasta ho is dry what do I do
so some suggest to add another container
with water inside the pot and since it's
inside the pot you're not adding
anything into the pot all you're doing
is tilting the container and pouring the
water out some for example you put the
olive oil on the top of our Saba you put
a bowl with water it's cooking and then
no it's and in the morning you wake up
it's dry so all you have to do is tilt
as much or water you want out of the
ball or the entire ball take out the
ball and that's it it's done again you
cannot mix the oceans ever while it's
still on fire would you take it off then
you can empty and you can here it's
permitted because you're not putting new
water that wasn't on a black on to the
black but rather the water that was
already in the pot already on the black
now just it will used to be separate now
it's inside and then you can mix it when
it's off the fire and put it back that
that that we also are strict about right
so the the two to two possible ways to
actually add water is to either add put
a ball in the middle of a shower and
then when necessary to pour it out or
some people put a plastic bag with water
on top of oshawa and if they ever need
they just poke it and the water comes
out
or Stumbo doesn't have to be cooked
overnight as long as it's fully cooked
and it's solid you can add you can put
it on the black in the morning and
another way to prevent it from burning
is to move it to a less hot part of the
black or to put something in between to
raise it away from the flame put an
empty pan upside down and put it on or
put a great you know you know on top of
the black you can put another grade and
then put the pot on this way it's not
going to continue burning or just as you
serve before you serve add hot water and
mix it okay so we are allowed to add
mayonnaise or oil to our salads and mix
them well because each piece is separate
now next topic for today is building and
that is the melaka of Bonnie there is a
total prohibition attaching anything to
the ground or to a structure that's
connected to the ground already for
example taking a stick and inserting it
into the ground or putting one brick on
top of another brick or putting one
board piece of wood on top of another or
nailing or making a hole in a in a wall
for purpose of improving the wall as
opposed to just damaging similarly
forming a permanent mijita
a temporary method say is permissible
but forming a permanent melissa is
forbidden
similarly if a door comes off its hinges
since the door is attached to the house
we're not allowed to put it on and and
and anything that we cannot build on
Shabbat we cannot disassemble on Shabbat
so I cannot take the door off its hinges
on Shabbat I cannot take a window out or
put it back in on Shabbat if a window
has a part that that is designed to be
put on and off that I can do but if it's
permanently attached I cannot remove it
and therefore if I have a sliding door I
cannot take it off I can open it and
close it but I cannot take it off or if
it fell off I cannot reattach it because
that would be building yes it's if if
it's dangerous you can protect prevent
danger but if there is a different way
to prevent danger for example leaning on
the wall and put a few chairs there to
hold it that's preferable
similarly if curtain that's attached to
the rod that's attached to the wall over
the window blinds curtain fell off I
cannot put it back on and not only I
cannot create a wall but I also cannot
create a tent or a roof if it's
permanent it is prohibited according to
Torah and if it's temporary it's
prohibited according to the rabbi's so
here we have a difference between a
temporary mijita temporary wall and a
temporary roof temporary wall is
permitted so in a synagogue many times
that's what we use at the time of me
yawn we take folding mijita and we open
it up that's permitted because this is a
temporary wall but a temporary roof is
forbidden what is a roof what is a tent
tent or a roof is anything that protects
things that are underneath from the
elements either from sunlight or from
rain as opposed to I am allowed to open
a folding table even though I'm creating
similar that what seems a tent but since
a table is not designed to protect
what's underneath but rather to use the
top I'm allowed to do it similarly I'm
allowed to open a folding chair since
the chair is designed to sit on top and
not to hide underneath it's not
considered a tent or roof that is why we
cannot open an umbrella on Shabbat even
though it's temporary and even though
it's not standing by itself I have to
hold it but still rabbinic it's
forbidden a hat because so yes so here
we need to identify
define what are the parameters of a tent
the tent must be at least at fo hand
breath so therefore anything that's
attached to your head and covers you
completely is not a problem it's
considered clothing as opposed to
something that sticks beyond your body
at least at fr and it's designed to
protect you from the elements that would
be forbidden therefore if a person is
wearing a hat for the purpose of
protecting him from rain and the rain is
and the hat is made from hard material
that doesn't Bend it's a hard hat and
it's at least
tefa eight centimeters wide it would be
a problem however most people we had not
to protect them from rain but rather to
look nice it's for example a black head
that Jewish people wear is not to
protect them from rain many people the
opposite when it rains they take the hat
off because they don't want to get
ruined
so they wear it more for covered for
honor as identification that you belong
to the Jewish people and therefore most
people allow wearing black hats and same
thing for women to wear hats
they don't wear most women don't wear
hats to protect them from the elements
but rather to look nice or so cap the
same idea if you wear because that's
your style you didn't put it on for
protection but if you do wear it for
protection
and it is a made from hard material and
@f of like extends more than a tap and
then it would be similar to umbrella yes
so that that would be not allowed if
it's a if it's a if it's a head covering
that's explicitly designed to protect
you from rain then it would be forbidden
that also here you see even though it's
an item of clothing but it but it it's
actually very nice idea a wearable
umbrella but it would it would be
yeah this one has has structure to it so
what what what we usually do on Shabbat
is you get a waterproof rain jacket and
boots and pants and also once they come
home they change so yes you do get wet
but then you just try to work around it
either you don't do you don't take your
children to the synagogue on Shabbat or
you design your outing at the time when
it's not raining yet and on the way home
it's okay because once you come home you
change now some examples of temporary
tent is an umbrella or sometimes
children play or they call it a fort
they put a few chairs and then they put
a blanket over it and then they hide and
play underneath so that would be not
allowed because you're creating a
temporary tent you yes even if it's at
the hall because you're Europe the
purpose for doing it is to play
underneath to create a space and the
space underneath is being used
yeah child is allowed to plant anything
because the main purpose over the table
is tabletop
now what about opening a child stroller
on Shabbat so here we have a rule that
anything that was open for a tefa before
Shabbat you can continue opening it so a
child's carriage the preferable way is
to open it before Shabbat and then on
Shabbat you can close it and open it or
open it at least partially for one type
of before Shabbat if that was not done
and it's
necessary to do it on Shabbat one can
rely on the opinions that allow opening
and closing a stroller because they
consider it part of its design it's
designed to be open and closed lathela
ideally we don't rely on that and
ideally you should open open the hood
before Shabbat but in a in in cases of
necessity there are those to rely on
similarly we're allowed to open awning
if it was opened partially or a Sukkah
cover if it was extended at least the
tefa beyond the role because the the
warning that's used for soccer most of
the time it's a material that's rolled
onto a pipe so we don't count the
thickness of the pipe as extension of
the tent the the material has to come
out of the pipe at least one tefa and
then I can extend it all the way to
cover my entire soccer or create a
covering for the porch and then I can
withdraw it as well if you put that kind
of hat on before Shabbat that's true
it's already opened and you can continue
wearing it but when it's down and you
are extending by putting on your head
there would be forbidden and an
interesting application is if you forgot
to turn off lights in your bedroom on
Shabbat so some people what they do is
they just cover the light with cloth
blanket nowadays it's not as dangerous
because the lights are LED
and they don't produce much heat or
especially if you're not putting it
directly on the light bulb but there is
some kind of fixture over it so it's not
gonna heat up so if you put it
vertically that's okay
however what if you cover it
horizontally then you're creating a tent
for example you have lights like like
these that are flat horizontal you would
be able to cover it by sticking
something let's say a sheet on one side
and then picking it up and sticking it
on the other side and then you're
covering it completely and you it's like
a tent that you're protecting yourself
from the light you're not allowed to but
you can ask a non-jew to turn off the
light
if a child is sleeping or a person who
cannot fall asleep and because he can
get sick you're allowed to ask a non-jew
to turn off the light so this way you
you would like to avoid or in a case
where you don't have a non-jew so you
can cover the light but not horizontally
because then you're creating a tent but
you can cover it from all the sides
vertically another application is
opening at the table and adding a leaf
in just like you can open a folding
table or chair so too you can extend the
table and add a leaf even though as
you're adding the leaf you creating what
looks like a roof but again it's for to
use the tabletop and therefore permitted
you can add a leaf on Shabbat and one
more leniency is we have a concept
that's called la food la food means that
if you have
two polls close to each other within the
distance of threat for heme which is
under 24 centimeters we consider that
the space between these two poles it's
as if the space is filled in with a
material that makes these poles we use
this for example in constructing walls
of cyka if the walls of sakaar are made
from for example porch walls deck even
though there's space in between we
consider the entire thing as one wall or
you have fencing a lattice or even ropes
one over the other we consider it as
complete wall similarly if you have
horizontal poles over you but they are
within threat for him or which other we
consider that as if the space is closed
and therefore I can spread material over
it therefore if you have a frame any
kind of frame where the the poles of the
frame are close to each other I can
spread material over it even though I'm
creating the tent because we consider
that the tent was already there for
example let's say you have a bird cage
and at night you want to cover the bird
cage that they can sleep you can do that
because the bird cage is made of the
wires that are close to each other it's
as if it's closed
now next application of building is
actually assembling furniture we can
open folding chair we can open folding
bed and close it and a table however if
it's made up of pieces that we have to
insert one too into another and in the
in order for the table or the chair to
be sturdy we have to do it with force
that is not allowed therefore if a lag
of a table fell off
I cannot insert it back in this is
Rabbinical forbidden because we might be
tempted to nail it in or glue it in so
what do you do your table only has three
legs so you have to take a chair and put
it under the table and support it like
that or take any other piece of
furniture and just support it but you
cannot insert the leg in if a piece of
furniture is designed to be taken off
and put back then we're allowed for
example drawers that come out and you
can insert them back in or permit it
drawers that we're talking about a piece
of furniture that's not attached to the
wall or the floor for example kitchen
cabinets are attached to the wall or the
the the flooring and therefore kitchen
cabinets are more strict if a kitchen
cabinet door or drawer came out that
would be problematic to put it back in
because then I'm attaching something to
the structure of the house however if
you have a free-standing piece of
furniture and a door come comes off and
it has a special mechanism to take off
and put on some door hinges are designed
in such a way that it's easier to take
off and on or a drawer comes out and
it's designed in such a way that it can
for example you you're searching for
something deep inside it's designed in a
way that you can take it out search for
whatever you know it reinsert it that
would be permitted yeah so built-in
closets become part of your house and
therefore the more strict the part of
the house structure okay next is another
application of building as it applies to
hair braiding here is similar to
building you taking something that's
free-flowing and you're making a
structure from it you're allowed to put
your your hair in a pony but you cannot
braid your hair and whatever you cannot
make on Shabbat you cannot disassemble
you cannot undo a braid on Shabbat
then it's not graded usually a braid
where you twist it together it's not
going to be undone just by taking over
rubberband if it's just a pony then it's
not a problem you can make a pony you
can take it off braiding means you take
a few strands on here and you intertwine
them in such a way that it's strong and
not only natural here is not allowed to
be braid even artificial here so
somebody who wears a wig shado
they cannot braid the hair of the
chateaux
and therefore even strands let's say you
have a scarf and at the end of the scarf
or shawl it has long strands so you
cannot braid that so any kind of
braiding is similar to building so sits
it if you if it gets all tangled if you
can put your hand in and just without
applying too much pressure you you can
release it that's fine or if you can
just shake it that's fine but if you
actually have to untangle it then you
cannot do it once you mentioned since it
there is a different melaka that you're
not allowed to tie or untie knots so
since it's it at the end of each succeed
there there is a double knot if that
double knot gets loose we cannot tighten
it shoelaces we should not use double
knot shoelaces we should use one knot
and on a bow on top however if the bow
got messed up and it formed the double
knot one is allowed to undo the shoelace
because originally when we make a knot
on shoelaces it's a temporary not only
for a few hours or until we go to sleep
so since it's designed as a temporary
not it's more lenient so if shoelaces
get to get tangled or or tied into a
double knot you're allowed to untie it
if you can just slip your food out of it
that's preferable but if you cannot you
can untie it
on Shabbat yes yes yes we the melaka is
that when we were not allowed to shear
cut the wool of sheep or we're not
allowed to pluck feathers of a chicken
because the feathers or down is used for
making pillows and blankets and
similarly even if it's not on animals
even if it is on people will not allow
to plot here or cut here on Shabbat
we're not allowed to cut nails if it's
with an instrument then it's the writer
and if it's with teeth or by hand
it's the Ravana but nevertheless it's
forbidden similarly we're not allowed to
tear skin or bite lips on Shabbat you
shouldn't do that in during the week as
well but on Shabbat were not allowed to
bite our lips and therefore we should
not use a brush hairbrush that is very
fine that it shouldn't pull out here
you're allowed to touch animal without
moving it moving it because animals are
mocked says so therefore you're not
allowed to play with it or move it or
pick it up just touching an animal is
not forbidden but animals that shed and
by petting them you will be pulling out
here that you should be careful with
animals because there is no purpose for
animals anything that there is no
purpose for them for Shabbat we take
them out of our mind or Shabbat we plan
not to use a monster but whether they
are domesticated or wild birds insects
animals are all mocked so the rule about
feeding animals is that any animal that
is dependent on you for food you're
allowed to feed except for fish if for
two reasons number one fish can live one
day without food no problem it's even
recommended that you should feed fish
only six days out of the week and let
them hungry for one day it is healthy
for them so let that day be Shabbat
second reason is that fish often have
food in a place where they live the
normal place for fish is in a pond and
in the pant even if you don't fit them
there are plans and there are insects
that fall in I had a friend in Muncie
who had goldfish in a pond and they said
that they never feed them why because
there are so many insects that fly
around that they always have what to eat
yes so if you have a tank and you don't
have plants growing in the tank and you
don't have hopefully insects flying in
your house then they they they not
become like animals that depend on you
but if it's a kind of fish and you can
ask your local pet shop or look out
online if it's a kind of fish that can
survive and stay healthy
without eating for one day you should
not see that one day and again from the
knowledge that I have is that it's
healthy for fish not to eat one day a
week but of course let's say you have a
two-day Yom Tov long term and Shabbat
2-day Yom Tov after Shabbat three days
then for sure you can feed because even
fish it's not healthy for them not to
eat for three days
so yes the answer is if NASA said you
can feed fish and wild animals were not
supposed to feed because they're not
dependent on us for food until now they
survived and they will survive however
if you see that an animal is suffering
because it's hungry let's say in the
winter when snow covers the ground and
there is no grass and whichever animal
depends on grass is hungry so then
you're allowed to feel it on Shabbat
yes so plain regular animals birds who
shouldn't feed on Shabbat children is a
different story
you killed Renu just tell them what the
rule is then if they don't listen to you
then depending on age you can ignore it
okay there is a case when I'm not
allowed to create a temporary machine so
we said that the Mejia is permitted a
temporary division if I want to just
separate between men and women or just
for privacy I don't want people to see
me so I put them ahead sir but if the
militia serves the halacha corpus then
it's not allowed which means that until
I create this wall temporary wall I
could not do something and now this
Mejia will allow me to do something then
I'm not allowed to do it an example of
it is let's say on Sukkot one of my
walls fell fell and now I just want to
I'm not going to touch the wall though
that wall was built from wood and it's
mocked so I cannot touch but let's say
I'm gonna just take the synagogue
machines ax the folding one I'm gonna
bring it to my souk and I'm gonna put it
as a wall not allowed why because now
the Circa is not kosher with only two
walls by putting the third wall I'm
creating a kosher soccer and that's not
allowed if however my soccer already has
three walls and I just want to put a
fourth wall just so that it's more
private nobody looks inside that's
permitted
okay now the next halakhah
is now we're going to go quickly through
smaller kala hood laundering cleaning
clothing this is the the Malacca of
miliband mela been in taurah was
bleaching they would take wool from
sheep and before you could use it it
could be of any color you have to first
bleach it to make it white so any kind
of washing and the removing if in order
to remove dirt or stains from garments
is forbidden and that includes the
actual laundering of the whole garment
or even spot cleaning and even soaking
is forbidden so even if the entire
garment is fine you just have one dot
that pomegranate juice spilled on you
you cannot take a little bit water and
soap and just rub it on that spot that's
forbidden and not only that you can't
even take a drop of water and put it
there to spread it and make it a little
lighter even drop of water because that
already will have a desired effect salt
and the salt absorbs yes yeah if since
since your intent is to clean it and
that's salt or you put the laundry
deeply dry laundry detergent on it
that's not allowed what do you do what
do you do if something spilled on your
clothing so you can remove the surface
material which means let's say Grave is
filled so you can take a spoon or a
knife or a napkin and gently wipe the
surface dirt
but whatever dirt was absorbed into the
material you can no longer extract you
can no longer squeeze it not only
soaking material in what is forbidden
but let's say the material was already
soaked in water from before I'm not
allowed to wring it I'm not allowed to
squeeze it on Shabbat whether it was
done on purpose it was soaked on purpose
or not for example a person who's
walking in the street and it rained and
he became soaked when he comes home he's
not allowed to squeeze his clothing to
extract water and therefore we cannot
use a sponge that absorbs water
we cannot wash dishes with a sponge that
absorbs water and the test for it is if
I soak the sponge in water and then I
pick it up if all the water drips out
runs out that's a good sponge doesn't
absorb but if some water stays and I
have to squeeze it to let the water out
such a sponge I cannot use yeah yeah
that's fine yeah the tear tears are fine
if a sponge gets ripped that's fine you
can use but cloth or sponge that absorbs
we cannot use to wash dishes or to wash
the body on Shabbat so yes one way to
clean so you clean the table is to use
pre-cut bounty or even a cloth schmatta
to wipe it you cannot wet the bounty or
the cloth and then wash the table but if
the liquid is already on the table you
can wipe it
- through no you cannot
Sokol but but rather you should sprinkle
some water on the table and then wipe it
similarly if you have a spill on the
floor after you wipe it it's still
sticky you want to wash it don't take a
wet sponge or cloth or paper towel but
rather sprinkle some water on it and
then wipe it the the next
Malaka is sewing we're not allowed to
join two materials permanently whether
it's with thread or with glue and what
is considered sewing either you make
three passes with a needle through two
pieces of material even without tying
both ends were with a knot so you go in
out in
even without time or if you do tie even
going once and you tie both ends that
already attaches to both materials now
what about using a safety pin to connect
two sides of the garment so for our
second azam it's forbidden
but for safari diem we're lenient and
you're allowed to use a safety pin but
don't run it through the material a few
times and then pin it just go once
through one side once to the other side
and pin it and that's it
if you have if you if you notice on your
clothing that a seam started to split
and you see a thread sticking out you
cannot pull the thread to tighten the
material because that tightening is like
sewing it even though it's already sold
but now it became separated you cannot
pull it back together and we are also
not allowed to tear material if our
intent is to sew it on that place for
example you you see that whoever made
that seam made it in the wrong place so
now you want to tear it so that after
Shabbat you can make the garment fit you
better
you're not allowed to tear if if the
tearing is to destroy it
that is not forbidden however if the
tearing is constructive because I want
to saw that saw that garment in a better
place that is forbidden
yes so that that is not permitted for
example some suits that the pockets are
sewn together so I have to separate it
before Shabbat because I'm right now the
pocket is unusable by tearing it I'm
making the pocket usable yeah so also
this this should be undone before we
said that if it's just a label that's
hanging so I'm allowed to cut the label
I'm not improving the suit I can wear
this suit as is and I'm just removing it
throwing it out here I'm actually
improving the suit by by cutting the
threads that connect to sides okay
one more nail AHA is planting planting
means putting the seed into the ground
or planting a sapling into the ground or
anything that helps a plant to grow
we're not allowed to water plants and
therefore as I mentioned the beginning
we're not allowed to wash our hands on
the ground where there is grass or trees
or potential something can grow and
therefore we should be careful if we are
eating outside we should try to prevent
liquids from spilling off the table and
onto the grass house plants even though
they are not in the ground but in a in a
flowerpot we're not allowed to water
so it's still not allowed just it's it's
from the Torah Prohibition becomes
rabbinic prohibition now now if you have
a flowerpot you're not even allowed to
bring it closer to the Sun and it smokes
it because it's a growing plant it's
mocassin but in such a case I'm not even
supposed to open shade with intent that
it should grow better if I'm opening the
shade because I want the light in for
myself that's okay but if I'm opening
the shade with an intent that the plant
should receive more sunlight and
therefore grow better it's forbidden we
are allowed to step on grass if the
grass is tall then we should walk slowly
not to pull it and not to tear it yes
yes and if you walked on grass and then
you come home and you find that grass is
attached to your boots then both grass
and the mud are mocked set and you
should not take it with your hands but
rather with something else you should
scrape it with something else yes you're
allowed to take us push a stroller on
the grassy surface right children can
ride the bike on on grass yes we can sit
on grass lie on grass that's permitted
we're not allowed to climb a tree we're
not allowed to use a tree and that is
because we're not allowed to pick fruit
or leaves or branches off of a tree this
is a different Malacca of of harvesting
so therefore we have to be careful as we
walk on a street or talking to a friend
and we're standing as to
boss who shouldn't by mistake pluck a
leaf or a branch off to play with that
is a rabbinical prohibition because you
don't need the leaf or the plant but if
you need it for example you forget about
it and you take a flower or you forget
about it and you take an apple or a
grape that is forbidden according to
Torah however if I have plant flowers
that were already cut and they were put
in water since they basically already
dead now they are on their way to die
they're not they don't have roots and
and they will just wither away they are
not moccasin so bouquet of flowers in a
Navas can be moved and for safari you
can even take a flower out of the vas to
smell it and you can put it back in on
your table you can add water
on Shabbat you can take out and put back
in but not add water so for example if
flowers fell out you can put the flowers
back into the vast but we don't know if
a flower pot tilted fell and dirt came
out you cannot put the dirt back in
because putting dirt back in makes the
plant grow better and that is forbidden
under planting okay and quickly I'm
going to go through a few more we're not
allowed to trap animals if they are
domesticated and they will go to us
freely they're not scared of us then
it's not considered traffic so if you
have a cat or dog and they're friendly
to you and they like you and they come
to you by themselves then even if you
hold on to it you take it you lock it in
the room that's not considered trapping
however if an animal would run away from
you then
can get and locking it in in the house
in a room or a pen Corral for the
animals would be trapping similarly
you're not allowed to fish we're not
allowed to catch a fish from our fish
tank it's dead fish is mocked up in the
in the fish tank
but if you're not removing with your
hand but would spoon with a cup
something else you're not touching it
that would be moving moves indirectly
and that would be okay and additionally
we're not allowed to kill animals or
even insects so if it's a dangerous
insects we're allowed to kill it or trap
it chase it away you are allowed to use
a spray some consider mosquitoes
dangerous some don't if you live in the
vicinity where mosquitoes carry
dangerous diseases and it's you've heard
of cases that people got sick then you
can kill such mosquitoes if it's
uncommon and you're not worried about it
then better not kill them but however
you are allowed to spray on your skin a
spray that chases the mosquitoes away
and you can even spray a spray that
kills mosquitoes but not directly at
them you can spray it in the room so
that if they come they're going to be
killed but you cannot kill them directly
these if you know that you are allergic
to bees and you can kill bees otherwise
these usually don't bite if you they
don't stink if you don't threaten them
so the best is if you have a bee in your
house or in your sukkah is just to stay
still until it explores its surroundings
takes whatever it wants to take and
leaves and then they don't hurt you
similarly to killing an insect or an
animal
we cannot wound an animal to draw a
blood and there are two kinds of wound
one is open wound where blood comes out
and one is closed wound that we call
black and blue we're the capillaries
break and the blood comes out but it
stays under skin so both are forbidden
and therefore we have to be careful when
you pinch children don't pinch them too
hard that it should cause the black and
blue that is forbidden okay
with this I will finish covering the 39
Mela hot we mentioned the most popular
ones with examples that are the most
applicable if you have questions you can
ask now keep in mind that we learn just
brief laws we learned a little bit
background but not a lot and so there is
always more material to learn more
examples more hala hot so don't think
that you covered everything continue
learning continue exploring and also
keep in mind that we covered most of the
time one opinion and sometimes I
mentioned the most strict opinion but in
almost every Holika that I mentioned
there are various opinions therefore if
you hear other rabbis saying Holocaust
slightly different keep in mind that
there are different Halle hot whatever I
mentioned if you hear more strict
opinions and you want to adopt more
strict opinions you're welcome
it's praiseworthy but before adopting a
more lenient opinion you should consult
a rabbi because a lenient opinion might
not be applicable in every case ok yes
and let's say you are bringing the food
and all that stuff and you are there
over extra body then Sunday are the kids
allowed to date as like a warm place
right are they only kids allowed to
still go in the water rides and all that
stuff if you want to go to a water park
or any other losing part on Shabbat
there are many issues with it
many issues just going to say how you
gonna get there and even if it's nearby
what about a roof usually there is no a
roof so you cannot carry anything yeah
so let's say it's in the hotel me if
these rides are electric so that
presents another issues like water yeah
so it's not the lecture so if you
already paid right you don't have to
deal with money or credit cards you
don't have to sign anything it's part of
the fun and so then let's say a
waterpark that you don't have to carry
there is no electricity no no money
involved then for children would be okay
for adults it would still be a problem
but the children will be okay then you
just have to make sure not to squeeze
their wet clothing not to squeeze the
hair when you dry them and things like
that again if possible plan it not on
Shabbat there are better things to do on
Shabbat to relax to spend with the
family if you already stuck there and
you children are crying that they're
running there so you don't have to stop
them
okay shabbat shalom all the best
you