1) A baby swing which is attached to the top of a door, and is commonly removed after each use, may be hung onto and removed from the door on Shabbos as we do not look at the swing as an addition to the structure, rather as an independent item which will soon be removed. (Ruling of Rav Shlomo Zalmen Auerbach Zatzal and YBL"C Rav Nisim Karelitz Shlita, quoted in Orchos Shabbos page 270 footnote 20)
2) A doorknob which fell off a door on Shabbos may not be reattached on Shabbos.
If the screw is reinserted along with the doorknob, it is a biblical prohibition; if it is inserted without the screw and is a bit wobbly it is a rabbinical prohibition.
However, if the knob is placed on the door in a way that it will inevitably fall off, no prohibition of Boneh is present. (See Chazon Ish Orach Chaim Siman 50:10 Dibur Hamaschil Daf. There may be other reasons due to Muktzeh or other Gezeiros D'Rabanan why this may still be prohibited in some cases, and we shall discuss them in the near future , B'Ezras Hashem, more in detail.)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
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Reader's Question:
Often, I learn in a minyan factory [ a Shul where there are constantly minyanim in progress]. Do I have to stop learning to answer [each] Kedusha, Modim, Aleinu , Kadish or Amen?
Answer:
The Poskim discuss this and it seems that the consensus is that you do not need to interrupt your learning to respond to every Amen, Barchu, Kaddish etc. if doing so will lead to Bitul Torah.
Kedusha, however, where it will be blatantly noticeable that you are not joining the Tzibbur, you should stand up and respond.
See Shu"T Teshuvos V'Hanhagos Vol. 2 Siman 75 for more details.
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זכר צדיק וקדוש לברכה
What is significant in the fact that man was created alone?
Unlike the animals and plants, which came into existence all over the world at once, Man was created alone.
This was done "so that every man should say: For me the world was created" (Talmud Sanhedrin 37a).
The distant star-nebulae consisting of millions of worlds, beyond millions of years of travel at the speed of light, were all made for one man!
Submitted by daily reader, C.; Taken from "Behold, A People" by HaRav Avigdor Miller Zatzal
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