new moon) 97.1) Adhere to the custom of your community for Rosh Hodesh (name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon). 97.2) It is meritorious to feast sumptuously on Rosh Hodesh. 97.3) You may work on Rosh Hodesh. 97.4) Hallel should be said…
96.1) On Saturday night, the Maariv (Jewish prayer service held in evening or night) service should be said at a later hour than on weekdays. 96.2) The Maariv prayer is prolonged on the conclusion of the Sabbath to delay the return of the wicked to Gehenna. 96.3) The Sabbath must be sanctified on its departure….
95.1) Do not walk more than 3,000 feet on a Sabbath or a festival from your abode. 95.2) You may traverse the distance around a city wall on the Sabbath. 95.3) The Sabbath boundary begins with the walls of an enclosure. 95.4) Two cities with walls close together may add the distance between them. 95.5)…
94.1) Two or more Jews sharing one court must establish an inter-community of court and not carry anything between the two houses. 94.2) Tenants with two courts may put in a door between their courts and carry items in their own designated court. 94.3) Rules for various types of courts and what is permitted of…
93.1) An obstetrician should be brought immediately when a woman feels the pangs of childbirth. 93.2) A woman during childbirth is considered as one who is critically ill on the Sabbath. 93.3) During the first three days of confinement, the Sabbath laws are waived. 93.4) After seven days, the Sabbath should not be violated for…
92.1) All Divine Commands are suspended when your life is in danger on the Sabbath. 92.2) If a person seems critically ill even though a physician is not present on the Sabbath, that is enough to suspend the Divine Commands. 92.3) A physician may disregard the Sabbath rules if he believes treatment of a person…
91.1) Do not attend to a slight illness on the Sabbath. 91.2) Do not eat or drink curing food and drinks on the Sabbath. 91.3) Do not treat a minor tooth ache with vinegar on the Sabbath. 91.4) Do not smear scabs or painful joints with oil on the Sabbath. 91.5) Do not suck milk…
90.1) For the sake of performing a precept on the Sabbath, you may run. 90.2) Do not survey your property on the Sabbath to determine what needs to be done the next day. 90.3) Do not walk to the end of the Sabbath boundary on the Sabbath. 90.4) Do not say what you plan to…
89.1) If you place a permitted article on a forbidden one, you may not use or touch either the base or the permitted article on the Sabbath. 89.2) If you place two items on a forbidden base, you may be able to touch the one of most value. (See source for details, or consult a…
88.1) Food unfit to eat. 88.2) Food in its present state that is unfit to eat. 88.3) Food which a Jew is not supposed to eat may be handled to give it to a non-Jew. 88.4) Anything “newly born” on the Sabbath to a non-Jew may not be handled. 88.5) Do not handle tools that…