Tuesday
20 Iyar 5771;35th Day of the Omer
May 24, 2011
1) It is prohibited, on Shabbos, for a woman to extract her milk into a utensil for the purposes of feeding it to her infant child, unless doing so for the health of the child (Pikuach Nefesh). (Shulchan Aruch Siman 328:34)
However, it is permitted for her to extract the milk directly into the mouth of the child in order to get him to latch on and start nursing. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 328:35. See Sha'arei Tziyun Os 81 where he discusses the reasons for this being permitted.)
2) If a woman is in pain due to excessive milk, she may extract it on Shabbos, provided it goes to waste and isn't gathered for a later feeding of her child. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 330:8 and Mishna Berura S"K 32)
Likewise, if she isn't in pain but is doing this in order to ensure that she will be able to nurse properly at a later time it is permissible [even if the child already eats other foods] provided the milk goes to waste. (Ruling of Rav Shlomo Zalmen Auerbach Zatzal quoted in Sefer M'Or HaShabbos Vol. 1 letter 11:10)
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Reader's Question:
If I reuse a glass bottle or jar, do i need to tovel it in the mikva?
Answer:
According to Rav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal (Igros Moshe Yoreh Deah Vol. 3 Siman 23), a disposable utensil does not require Tevilah before use even if you plan to re-use it.
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Speaking loshon hora can cause the inestimable merit of one's Torah study to be forfeited. In the words of Midrash Shochar Tov (Tehillim ch. 52):
Let not your mouth bring guilt on your flesh, and do not tell the emissary that it was an error. Why should God be angered by your speech and destroy the work of your hands? (Koheles 5:5).
Let not your mouth bring guilt on your flesh -by speaking loshon hora.
Why should God be angered by your speech and destroy the work of your hands? - for you will lose the little Torah which you have to your credit.
The intent of this Midrash is that, as already discussed, speaking loshon hora causes the speaker's merits to be transferred to the Heavenly account of the person against whom he spoke.
When a Jew studies Torah, he perfects his entire being, for he draws upon himself a spirit of sanctity, which gives vitality to his body in this world and to his soul in the next world. Thus do the Sages teach (Eruvin 54a): "One who feels pain in his head should study Torah... One who feels pain in his throat should study Torah... One who feels pain in his entire body should study Torah, as it is written (Mishlei 4:22), 'And a cure for his entire flesh.' "
And all this can be lost through speaking loshon hora.
Submitted by a daily reader; Taken from the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation's daily email.
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