1) Attaching a suction cup hook -which is fastened by virtue of forming a vacuum - to a wall or window on Shabbos is prohibited, as doing so is considered adding on to the wall.
This is the case even if the hook will not stay there permanently but only a few hours. (As even if it lacks permanence to deem it biblical Boneh it will still be considered rabbinical Boneh if it stays there temporarily)
2) using a suction cup which is attached to the bottom of a child's bowl or plate in order to "fasten" it to the table is permitted, as doing so is not considered adding on to the table, rather it is done to prevent the contents of the bowl from spilling, and is removed immediately after the meal.
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Reader's Question:
Why do we not make a brocha when giving Tzedaka (charity)?
Answer:
The Rashba (in Teshuvos Vol. 1 Siman 18) says that any Mitzvah that isn't 100% in the hands of the one doing it does not receive a Bracha as there is a chance that it won't be fulfilled and thus be a Bracha L'Vatalah. Thus he writes that by Tzedakah, there is a chance that the one you are giving to will not accept, or disappear,and you will be left holding the money and left with a Bracha L'vatalah would you have recited a Bracha.
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