1) In many Jewish households there is a custom on Shabbos morning to eat egg salad with onions, a dish referred to in Yiddish as "Eier Mit Tzvibel". (See Likutei MaHarich beginning of Seudas Shacharis D'Shabbos. See also Sefer Otzar HaShabbos page 181 for more about this minhag)
It is important when preparing this dish that no prohibitions of Borer are transgressed Chas V'Shalom.
Thus, the eggs as well as the onions may only be peeled immediately before the meal.
2) The skin of a cooked piece of chicken, according to some Poskim, is considered as a separate part from the chicken itself and thus may only be removed immediately prior to eating it.
Other Poskim, however, rule that since the skin is edible and indeed many people eat it, it is considered one and the same as the chicken itself and thus may be removed even not immediately prior to eating it. (See Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 4 Siman 74; Borer: 8)
Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) After peeling an orange, there is often a white covering left on top of the fruit (the name for this white stuff is pith, and it contains a lot of fiber and is healthy to eat).
May this pith be removed?
If the pith is totally covering the entire surface of the orange, then it is no different than the peel which prevents one from reaching the fruit, and thus may be removed.
If the pith is all but gone, and only a small amount remains which most people eat and do not remove, it is deemed part of the fruit and not subject to Borer.
If a decent amount of the pith remains it is deemed like the seeds of the fruit which according to the Mishna Berura (Siman 321: 84) may be removed during the actual eating of the fruit.
According to the Chazon Ish (Orach Chaim Siman 54: 5), however, seeds, and thus this pith as well, are forbidden to be removed.
2) The same rules detailed above regarding the pith on an orange apply to the strings that remain on a banana after peeling it (These strings are called Phloem Bundles, and yes, they are also laden with nutrients and are healthy to eat).
(We shall B'Ezras Hashem discuss pits in fruit and the reasoning behind the above Machlokes between the Chazon Ish and Mishna Berura, more in detail next week)
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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:
Is there an Halachic issue with going to a movie theater? Or is it just a personal decision/sensitivity?
Answer:
Well, frum Jews do not belong in theaters of non Jews. This is something that Chazal and the Rishonim have told us goes into the commandment of "Bechukosayhem Lo Teleichu, don't follow the ways of the Goyim"
Rav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal (Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 2 Siman 95 ) ruled that going to a Movie theater is a Chilul Hashem. Most contemporary Poskim will follow this view.
There are also the issues of Ta'aruvos. Pritzus, Nivul Peh. Moshav Leitzim etc. to contend with, besides Chukos HaGoyim.
I don't know your personal circumstances, or if the question you are asking is for yourself or for someone else, but I would advise speaking to a Rav for a final Psak Halacha L'Ma'aseh regarding this
(and regarding watching secular movies in general, which are laden with halachic problems for Frum men and women, as well as a proven tool of destruction when it comes to raising our precious children etc.)
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Chizuk For Today:
"As is known, the Jewish people are a holy nation. When a time of tzarah (trouble) comes, chas veshalom, hakol kol Yaakov (the voice is the voice of Yaakov) in tefillah. They are, therefore, able to break through the walls of iron separating them from their Father in Heaven. However, they are too lazy to do so because they think that the tzarah is a natural occurrence, a political happening, and not through the hashgachah (direction) of Hashem ... they, therefore, do not beseech Hashem for rachamim (mercy) ... because if they would understand that everything indeed comes from Hashem they could annul the edict through their davening."
(The Gaon of Vilna; Divrei Eliyahu Parshas Vayelech)
"... even when Yisroel(the jewish people) sins to Hashem, if they call out to Hashem (in tefillah) Hashem would save them."
(The MaHaRal of Prague; Gevuros Hashem 24)
"All the many tzaros that come upon us, from which we are not saved, is because we do not cry out and increase our davening regarding them. If we would indeed daven and spill out our words before Hashem our davening and entreaties would for sure not return empty. One should not suffice by just davening the three shemoneh esreis a day because since we are used to them we don't have the proper kavonoh (concentration) in them. Rather, often during the day, one should pour out his tefillos and entreaties, when he is alone at home, from the depth of his heart like water. The tefillah will then come from a deep kavonoh, a broken heart and spirit. A tefillah like this will not return empty."
(The Chofetz Chaim; Likutei Amarim 10)
"In the service of Hashem with all of one's heart, which is tefillah with kavonoh, a person will be granted all his wants and desires to serve Hashem."
(The Mabit; Bais Elokim 4)
Submitted by daily reader B.M.; taken from www.thefoundationstone.org
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