Today's Halachos are dedicated by a daily reader as a Zechus Refuah Sheleimah for [baby] Aryeh Lev ben Einat Hadassah B'soch Sha'ar Cholei Yisroel.
1) It is permitted to add salt to eggs, meat and other foods on Shabbos for use at the meal now being eaten.
It is best not to add salt to foods in preparation for a meal that will not be eaten until later on that Shabbos, and surely not for foods that will not be eaten until after Shabbos. (See Shulchan Aruch Siman 321:3 and Mishna Berura S"K 21)
2) Large quantities of salt water should not be prepared on Shabbos as doing so looks like they will be used for pickling.(Shulchan Aruch Siman 321:2)
However, it is permitted to prepare small quantities of salt water which will be used during the meal now being eaten. (ibid.)
If the mixture will consist of two thirds salt to one third water, even small quantities may not be prepared on Shabbos. (ibid. See also Mishna Berura S"K 12)
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Reader's Question:
On Friday nights, I often walk down a street where it is almost impossible not to turn on a "motion-sensor" light (houses on both sides of the street have them). Is this a violation of Shabbos? Is one obligated to take a different route to try to avoid this problem?
Answer:
Some Poskim allow one to walk by these motion sensors L'Chatchilah, as long as it isn't your intention to turn the lights on, but are simply walking to your destination.
It is best to try and not walk by these sensors if possible to cross the street or take a different but equally short route, but if it is impossible or extremely inconvenient, you don't need to walk out of your way and may rely on the Poskim that allow it.
See Shu"t Shevet Haleivi Vol. 9 Siman 69. See also Chayei Adam Hilchos Shabbos Klal 18:3 and the explanation of the Nishmas Adam there that even though it's a Psik Reisha (it will surely happen) it is permitted as something that is a pesik Reisha is only prohibited if an extra action needs to be done to cause the Melacha. However in cases that one simply does what he would do anyhow (such as in your case where you are walking and not doing any extra action to cause the light to go on) even in instances of pesik Reisha its allowed.
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How much better do we behave when someone is watching?
Our morals, like our clothes, seem designed for display.
In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton writes of one of her characters: "It would have been impossible for Mrs. Peniston to be heroic on a desert island." Knowing others are looking spurs us to goodness, as the motorist who spots a camera at the corner brakes at the yellow light. Technology might help here: Perhaps a camera in every cellphone will lead to a viral outbreak of ethical behavior?
In the Mishna, Hillel declares, "In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man." This is usually taken to mean that when other people are acting in an indifferent or cowardly fashion, one should stand up and be a mature, courageous human being. But it could also mean that one should act as a mensch -- a decent person -- when there are no others around, in a place where there literally are no men. God may be always watching but many of us care less for God's good opinion than for that of our neighbors. So we may have to fall back on the old standby -- strength of character, the kind of rock solid soul that would lead one to be heroic, even alone, on a desert island.
Submitted by daily reader Chana; written by Authoer David Wolpe
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