Today's Halachos are dedicated by a daily reader as a Zechus for a Refuah Shelaima for her grandmother Chaya Nesa bas Malka who is hospitalized with pneumonia.
When learning the halachos today, please have in mind that they be a merit for her to have a complete and speedy recovery B'Soch Sha'ar Cholei Yisroel.
1) Fruits and vegetables which are eaten by most people with their peels on (e.g. pears, apples) may be peeled on Shabbos even if they will not be eaten immediately.
However, if a particular individual is sensitive and will never eat this fruit or vegetable with its peel, according to many Poskim he/she may not peel this fruit or vegetable unless it's for immediate consumption. (Similar to the ruling of those Poskim that prohibit filtering otherwise palatable water for an individual who never drinks it without filtering)
Fruits and vegetables which are usually peeled by most people before eating (e.g. carrots, garlic etc.) may only be peeled for immediate consumption. (See Mishna Berura Siman 321:84. See also Shu"t Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74; Borer:8)
2) Regarding the use of specialized peeler on Shabbos, many Poskim, including Rav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal, allow it as they consider it as a regular knife, while other Poskim prohibit it as they consider it a specialized utensil, and only allow peeling with a regular knife.(See Shmiras Shabbos K'Hilchasa Perek 4:10 and footnote 27 where he quotes Rav Shlomo Zalmen Auerbach Zatzal as allowing it on Yom Tov but not on Shabbos. See also Sefer Shvisas HaShabbos; Borer: 24)
Each individual should consult their Rav for Halacha L'ma'aseh.
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QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
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Reader's Question:
I recently thought about the idea of how the Siddur is published with the Torah portions read on Mondays, Thursdays, Shabbos Mincha, and at various other zmanim throughout the year, is placed in the back of the Siddur, with the T'fillos preceding it, resulting when you close a Siddur the T'fillos are placed and rest above the Torah portions.
But when it comes to "piling up Sefarim" we tend to place Chumashim(composed of the portions mentioned above) on top of a Siddur mainly because of "Ma'alim B'kidushah", what could be a possible heter for this, or should a Siddur be placed down when not using it "upside down" namely with the Torah portions on top?
Answer:
According to many Poskim (including Aruch HaShulchan Yoreh Deah Siman 282:22) only Chumashim written as Torah scrolls (individual Sefarim, but on parchment) have the extra Kedusha and may not be placed under any other seforim, and not our Chumashim that are printed on paper.
Although we are stringent and don't put anything on top of a paper Chumash either, in your case there is no room for stringencies and definitely do not place the siddur backwards, as the Pesukim that are in the back do not make it a chumash.
The Talmud also has Pesukim in it as do other Seforim, yet only a Chumash by itself has that stringency.
CHIZUK CORNER
As a Zechus for the Refuah Shelaima of one of the Gedolei HaDor, the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva , HaRav Chaim Stein Shlita, R' Chaim Yaakov ben Chasya Miriam, B'soch Sha'ar Cholei Yisroel, we will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short inspirational thought to help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL FOR THIS SECTION, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME. THANK YOU AND TIZKEH L'MITZVOS!
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Chizuk For Today:
Rabbi G. Kosovar, a well-known elementary school principal in Yerushalayim, went with a delegation of principals to visit Beit Chinuch Ivrim, a school for the blind in Jerusalem.
A young man of about 16 years old, came over and felt Rav Kosovar's head and then face, and asked him "You are a rabbi, true?"
"True." Agreed the Rav.
"Tell me" demanded the boy, "Rabbi, have you danced today?"
Now this was getting confusing. "Danced?" Rav Kosovar asked him. "It's 10:00 in
the morning, where might I have danced?"
The bachur responded with great feeling, "You opened your eyes this morning and saw the world around you... I would give my life to see the world before I turn seventeen! I've never seen anything, ever, since the day I was born. And you opened your eyes today, seeing, and you didn't dance!!?"
When we lift our siddurim, and see the holy letters before our eyes and say the bracha in birchos hashachar of "Baruch Ata, pokeyach ivrim", let us think for even the briefest moment how it all could have been different... praise Hashem, and let your heart dance!
Submitted by daily reader, E.S.; Based on a small part of a speech heard from Rabbi Gavriel Kosovar
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