1) Hanging a door or a window onto its hinges, or inserting them onto their tracks is a transgression of the Melacha of Boneh.
Thus, if a window or door fell off its hinges or out of their tracks, in a way that makes the window or door unusable or difficult to maneuver and use for its intended purpose, in most instances it would be prohibited to reinsert them into the hinges or tracks. (See Chazon Ish Orach Chaim Siman 50:10 Dibur Hamaschil Rav Meir)
A Rav must be consulted in each individual case to determine the Halacha.
2) It is prohibited to knock a nail into a wall on Shabbos.
Doing so, according to some opinions, is a transgression of the Melacha of Boneh. (See Talmud Shabbos 103b where there is a dispute if this is a transgression of Boneh or Makeh B'Patish. See also Mishna Berura Siman 314:8 where he rules that if the nail is knocked in as a hook to hang things on it is a transgression of Makeh B'Patish)
Likewise, any other items that are attached to an existing structure on Shabbos will be a transgression of Boneh, details of which we shall learn in the near future B'Ezras Hashem.
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Reader's Question:
I know that it is forbidden to call your parents by their first name, or even to refer to them by first name in conversation.
I, unfortunately, must daven for my sister, who was diasgnosed with [the dreaded disease], and my brother, who has just lost his parnasa, and I was wondering if I'm allowed to daven for them with my mother's name, or if there is something else I ought to say?
Answer:
When davening for a parent, the name of the parent should be said, just as Shlomo Hamelech prayed for his father saying "Dovid Avi, Dovid my father" (See Hagahos Rav Akiva Eiger to Shulchan Aruch 119:1)
Thus, when davening for a sibling, the mother's name may be said as well.
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