Talmud Illuminated

One can count his invited guests, to know how many loaves of bread he will need, and the deserts he will serve - if he does it orally, but h...

In general, financial transactions are forbidden on Shabbat. Prophet Isaiah said that you should honor Shabbat by not pursuing business. How...

If your clothes got wet on Shabbat, you can continue walking in them. You do not have to worry that people will suspect you of having washed...

Let's say you have a cask of dried figs on Shabbat. You can open it and take out figs, but you should not plan to use this cask for stor...

Squeezing grapes for grape juice is prohibited on Shabbat because it was done in the Temple. You might think that squeezing grapes, honeycom...

In order to transgress Shabbat by "carrying," one must pick the object up in one place, move it four steps, and lay it at rest in ...

On Shabbat, there is a public area, like a street, and a private area, like a home, and one is prohibited from carrying objects from one to ...