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Personal Grooming for Shabbat

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Is it permitted to begin a melachah on Erev Shabbat close to nightfall that cannot be completed before Shabbat but will finish on its own on Shabbat?

4 opinions across 2 eras

General Principle

May one put flax bundles in an oven on Erev Shabbat to be whitened there over Shabbat?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Flax Whitening in Oven

May one place wool in a dyeing pot on Erev Shabbat when the pot is on the fire, or when it is not on the fire but is not sealed with mud?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Dyeing Wool in Pot

Is stirring a cooking pot (even off the fire) a Torah-level violation?

2 opinions across 2 eras

May one spread traps for animals, birds, or fish on Erev Shabbat that will trap them on Shabbat?

1 opinions

May one sell an item to a non-Jew and load it for him on Erev Shabbat close to dark, where the non-Jew will carry it through the public domain on Shabbat?

7 opinions across 2 eras

Selling and Loading Before S…

May one give garments to a non-Jewish launderer or hides to a non-Jewish craftsman on Erev Shabbat close to dark?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Launderer / Craftsman

If a Jew told a non-Jewish worker a deadline implying Shabbat work, or said 'I need it by Motza'ei Shabbat,' is giving the work permitted?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Implicit Command to Work on …

If a Jew sees a non-Jew performing the Jew's work on Shabbat, must the Jew protest?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Protesting Non-Jew Working o…

When a non-Jew's work for a Jew is a well-known, publicized melachah (e.g., garments being washed at a public river), must the Jew protest even when katzatz was fixed?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Publicized Melachah

May a Jew use or wear a garment completed by a non-Jew on Shabbat, when katzatz (a fixed price) was set?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Non-Jew's Work for Jew with …

May one take vessels from a craftsman's workshop on Shabbat or Yom Tov even if they were finished before Shabbat?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Retrieving Items from Crafts…

May a Jew on Shabbat buy and take shoes from a non-Jewish cobbler who made them for general sale (not specifically for the Jew)?

2 opinions

Purchasing from Non-Jew's Ge…

May one open a channel to irrigate a garden on Erev Shabbat when the water will flow all Shabbat?

1 opinions

May one place thick eye salve (kilor) on the eye on Erev Shabbat when it will continue acting as medicine on Shabbat?

1 opinions

Medical Application

May one perfume garments on Erev Shabbat using incense that continues to work throughout Shabbat, even in a vessel?

1 opinions

Perfuming Garments

May one load beams of an olive press or wine press on Erev Shabbat such that oil or wine will flow out on Shabbat? May one drink the oil/wine produced?

3 opinions across 3 eras

Olive Press / Wine Press

May one place wheat in a water mill on Erev Shabbat close to dark so it grinds on Shabbat?

5 opinions across 3 eras

May one set a clock (zeiger/zeitgeber) on Erev Shabbat that will audibly chime the hours on Shabbat?

1 opinions

May one go out on Erev Shabbat close to dark holding a needle or quill pen in one's hand?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Carrying Objects Near Dark

May one go out on Erev Shabbat close to dark wearing tefillin?

2 opinions

Wearing Tefillin Near Dark

Is it a mitzvah (or obligation) to check one's garments on Erev Shabbat close to dark to ensure no forbidden item is in them?

3 opinions across 3 eras

Checking Garments Before Sha…