Chapter 140 – The Four Parshiyot

127.1) Fast whenever a calamity hits you. 127.2) When you plan to fast, make a resolution to do so on the preceding day during the Shemoneh esreh (eighteen; silent prayer) of the Minhah. 127.3) You do not need to speak aloud your plan to fast during the 10 days of penitence, on the first day…

142.1) Send no less than two gifts to one of your friends. 142.2) “Portions” to friends must be gifts of food which can be eaten without further preparation. 142.3) Even if you are poor, you should give gifts. 142.4) Women must give gifts and give to charity. 142.5) Celebrate Purim by eating, drinking, and making…

101.1) Work may be done when it is needed for that day. 101.2) Do not bring water, wine or put candles in candlesticks for the next day. 101.3) Do not handle fish or fruit that a non-Jew procures on the first day of festival. 101.4) A gift or purchase brought to a Jew from a…

123.1) Hold the feast in the forenoon when a circumcision or redemption of a firstborn son is celebrated on this day. 123.2) Do not walk for pleasure on this day. 123.3) Check the source for the laws regarding the last meal before the fast. 123.4) If you fast on Mondays and Thursday the entire year…

109.1) Use only water that has stayed overnight. 109.2) Draw water between sunset and twilight. 109.3) Try to draw fresh water daily. 109.4) Draw the water from a river preferably. 109.5) Water for baking matzah (unleavened bread) should be drawn by a non-Jew. 109.6) Rinse a vessel that has had honey or fruit in it…

111.1) On the eve of Passover, search for leaven immediately after nightfall. 111.2) Use only one wax candle for the search. 111.3) Search for leaven in all rooms and vessels. 111.4) Do not search in stalls or coops. 111.5) Search all nooks and crannies with care. 111.6) Search the rooms of non-Jews as well as…