1) When one needs to mix together a solid and a liquid on Shabbos, in order for the Melacha of Lisha not to be transgressed it must be done with the proper Shinui (abnormal manner)
What is considered a Shinui cannot be determined by the individual, rather Chazal have dictated for us which Shinui is acceptable and which aren't.
Furthermore, as we mentioned yesterday, certain Shinuim will only be valid for a Blila Racha, a loose mixture and not for a Blila Ava, a thick mixture.
We will first discuss the various Shinuim and then discuss which of them work for which types of mixtures.
2) The normal way to stir a mixture is in a clockwise or counterclockwise motion, going round and round the bowl until the mixture is properly combined.
Taking a utensil and placing it in the mixture and moving in a criss-cross fashion, top to bottom and right to left, and removing the utensil between each stroke and repeating this process until the entire mixture is properly combined, is an acceptable Shinui. (Talmud Shabbos 156a. See Chazon Ish Siman 58:2)
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:
Can you please explain the problem with looking at a Kohen during Birchas Kohanim ?
Answer:
This is based on a Talmud in Chagiga 16a ,where the Gemara says that looking at the Kohanim can lead to blindness, and is brought in Shulchan Aruch Siman 128:23.
In the times of the Bais Hamikdash while the Kohanim blessed the nation they used the Shem HaMeforash and the Shechina rested upon them, and thus it was forbidden to gaze at them.
Today, the prohibition is a commemoration of that and the prohibition to look isn't really the same and according to the letter of the law it is permitted to glance, but not stare, but still most people abide by the older custom and refrain from looking altogether. See Mishna Berura 128:89
CHIZUK CORNER
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Chizuk Corner
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars."
The man smiled and said, "Come on in with me. I'll buy you a rose."
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers.
As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home.
She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to my mother."
She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.
The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his mother's house.
Written by Rabbi Baruch Lederman of KehillasTorah.org
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