Topics covered: Catching oil from a Shabbos lamp vs. catching sparks. What is set aside? Negating the preparedness of a permitted vessel is like breaking it. Moving a corpse out of the sun, or creating shade for it. Atypical …

  Topics covered: Unintentional act vs. labor not for its own sake. Cold water into a hot vessel on Shabbos. Concern that you are hardening metal or striking the final blow. Primary and secondary vessels. White hot metal that endangers …

  Topics covered: Masturbation and Halachah. Judaism, Jewish law, Kabbalah, Talmud, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch views on this prohibited behavior. Difference between men and women. Interestingly, the measures to help one avoid and remedies for one who slipped are among the …

  Topics covered: Evolution of Sages’ thinking on Shabbos bathing in water that was heated before Shabbos. How much may we warm liquids on Shabbos? Swimming in a pool with an edge that prevents water splashing out vs. pool without …

  Topics covered: Cooking with derivatives of fire vs. sun on Shabbos and on Festivals. What happened on the 7th Day of Passover? Submitting to authority does not create freedom, it limits freedom, but some values outweigh freedom. Bathing on …

  Topics covered: May one eat food that was unintentionally cooked on Shabbos? What do we do with food that was intentionally allowed to cook on Shabbos even though it was originally set on the stove with a different intention? …

  Topics covered: Why we don’t determine halacha from the Talmud. Under what conditions can we leave cooked food on the stove Friday night? Sweeping the coals and covering with ashes.

  Topics covered: Defining twilight: time it takes to walk from Mt Carmel to Sea of Galilee. Miriam’s well visible from that peak. Three stars visible = night. Public address system for onset of Shabbos – six shofar blasts. Difference …

  Topics covered: Completing Mishna Pesachim as a siyum to exempt the firstborn from fasting on the eve of Passover, and reciting Hadran. Three questions to ask a household prior to lighting the Shabbat lamp. Entering Shabbos with peace. Establishing …