Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Toldos; Mevorchim Chodesh
Kislev (Rosh Chodesh will be this coming Sunday and Monday)
28 Mar Cheshvan 5771
November 5 2010
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Halachos for Erev Shabbos Kodesh
1) Many people - especially children and people with allergies or colds- use hot water vaporizers or steam vaporizers which create moisture in the air by heating the water that is placed in it into a hot mist.
It is forbidden to add water- hot or cold- into the bin of vaporizer on Shabbos due to concerns of Bishul.
If it is necessary for young children or other ailing people who can be classified as Cholim She'ein Bo Sakana (a topic on its own which we shall iy"H address in the future)a non Jew may be asked to add the water to the vaporizer.
If lacking the vaporizer is simply uncomfortable, but does not reach the level of Choleh She'ein Bo Sakana, a non Jew may not add cold water, and perhaps not even cooked water. A Rav must be consulted for Halacha L'ma'aseh.
2) Cool mist humidifiers do not have any Bishul concerns, and thus if necessary water may be added on Shabbos. .(See Biur Halacha end of Siman 319 quoting Rav Akiva Eiger)
Of course, they may not be plugged in or unplugged on Shabbos.
Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) Besides the prohibition of actually cooking on Shabbos, there are a few other rabbinical edicts that were enacted due to the concern that they may lead to Chilul Shabbos Chas V'Shalom.
Namely, they are the Gezeiros of She'hiya, Leaving uncooked food on a fire, Chazara, Returning a pot to a heat source and Hatmana, insulating food.
We shall begin with the prohibition of She'hiya.
2) One who leaves a pot with uncooked food on the flame from Erev Shabbos and it continues to cook on Shabbos has technically not transgressed any Melacha as even though the item is cooking on Shabbos, nothing was actually done on Shabbos itself.
However, Chazal were afraid that one would tend to this uncooked food via turning over the coals (i.e. higher the flame to make it cook faster) and thus indeed transgress a biblical Melacha of Mav'ir, kindling a flame on Shabbos.
Chazal therefore prohibited uncooked food from being maintained on a flame on Shabbos.
On Sunday, B'Ezras Hashem, we shall discuss some exceptions to this Gezeira and some more details of it.
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Clarification to yesterday's Halachos:
When a Cholent is drying out and hot water is being added to it, if water from the urn is added directly to the pot of cholent, the urn may become Flesishig due to the stream of direct water connecting the cholent and the water. It is best to pour water from the urn into an empty utensil and then pour it into the cholent pot while it is being held off the heat source and then return it to the heat source after the hot water has been added. For halacha L'ma'aseh, as always, a Rav should be consulted.
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HaGaon rav Chaim Shmulevitz zatzal, Rosh Yeshivas Mir Yerushalaim
The Torah [in this week's parsha] records the sale of the bechora (birthright of the first born child) to Yaakov Avinu.
We are told that Eisav sold the bechora to Yaakov for a bowl of lentil soup.
It is brought down in halacha, however, that a sale is rendered invalid if the buyer was overcharged. Here, Eisav was buying a bowl of soup - this clearly has very little value!
It would seem that the sale of the bechora - which is priceless - to Yaakov should have been invalid, and that Eisav indeed has a claim to the bechora!
Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz ZT"L explains: In ruchniyos (spirituality), things are worth the value which you give it.
True, to Yaakov Avinu, the bechora had astronomical value. But since Eisav didn't see any value in the bechora, to him, it was really worth what it was sold for - a bowl of soup - and the sale was valid.
IY"H, we should have the strength to see the true value in ruchniyos, cherishing every moment possible to do mitzvos and learn Torah!
Submitted by daily reader, A.F.
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