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Customs for ‘Nittel’ on Shabbos
The Badatz of Crown Heights has published a Halachic Guide for the Customs of Nittel, as it pertains to this year when it falls on a Friday night. Download
The Badatz of Crown Heights has published a Halachic Guide for the Customs of Nittel, as it pertains to this year when it falls on a Friday night. Download
I did not fully understand the point about bittul Torah because I thought the whole definition of Nitel is a definition of bittul Torah
Because chess is already associated as a non-shabbos activity then it can be an issue of daber dovor ( Igros Moshe yore deah 3:15:2)
How is chess non-shabbosdik?
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski told a beautiful story about loving rebuke that he once received from his saintly father, the Hornesteipel Rebbe, zatzal. One Rosh Hashanah when Rabbi Twerski was a young boy, a guest staying at their house asked him to play chess. The boy felt that it wasn’t right to play chess on Rosh Hashanah, but the man assured him, “What could be wrong with a game of chess?” They played, and the young boy checkmated the older guest. After Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Twerski called young Abraham to his study. His father, never taking his eyes from the… Read more »
Can we have the source?
From: Generation to Generation “As a child, I was somewhat of a chess prodigy and was invariably triumphant when playing with the men in the synagogue after services. One Rosh Hashanah, when I was nine, a rabbi from Chicago guested at our home, and in the afternoon when Father was resting, he asked if I wished to play chess. I was surprised at this, being under the impression that playing chess on Rosh Hashanah was prohibited; but the rabbi’s assurance that it was permissible was sufficient for me. He was a good player, but I eventually won. That evening, the… Read more »
Does any1 know why it says to make kiddush as early as possible. To come home from shul and make b4 6pm? (from the beis din Halachic guide)
To do earlier and also mentions about the 7th hour
Thats like whats says inside