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The term Motza'ei Shabbat (Hebrew: מוצאי שבת —literally, the going out of the Sabbath) in Judaism refers to the time in the evening immediately following Shabbat, that is Saturday night. It is a time when, following one's declaration of the intention to end Shabbat, it is permissible to resume weekday activities that are prohibited on ...
Muktzeh [a] / m ʊ k t z ə / (Hebrew: מוקצה "separated") is a concept in Jewish rabbinical law (Halakha). Muktzeh objects are subject to use restrictions on the Sabbath. The generally accepted view regarding these items is that they may be touched, though not moved, during Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath) or Yom Tov (Jewish holiday).
Vayehi Noam and V'Ata Kadosh are recited on Motza'ei Shabbat Shuvah, due to their occurrence being exactly one week before Yom Kippur. Ashkenazim recite Avinu Malkeinu on the eve of Yom Kippur, due to it largely being omitted on Yom Kippur itself. Yom Kippur occurs on Saturday. This is the only occurrence in which a fast is ever observed on ...
Shabbat, Judaism's day of rest; Motza'ei Shabbat, the night after Shabbat; Special Shabbat, a day with special significance, including Shabbat Shuvah, Shirah, ...
If such a holiday occurs on Friday, cooking for Shabbat is allowed according to Biblical law, but the rabbis forbade this in order to prevent confusion on other years (when the holiday does not immediately precede the Sabbath) unless this ritual of eruv tavshilin is performed, which would remind the people of the reasons for the exception, or ...
Grand Rabbi Judah Wolff Kornreich, the Shidlovtzer Rebbe, reciting Havdalah. Havdalah (Hebrew: הַבְדָּלָה, romanized: haḇdālā, lit. 'separation', Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אבדלתא, romanized: aḇdāltā) is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and ushers in the new week.
One of the more popular teachings of Lipkin is based on a real life encounter he had with a shoemaker one very late night. It was Motza'ei Shabbat (Saturday night after Shabbat) and Lipkin was on the way to the synagogue to recite Selichot. Suddenly he felt a tear in his shoe, so he looked around town to see if there was a shoemaker still open ...
The rabbinic prohibitions fall into several categories: activities not in the spirit of Shabbat; activities which closely resemble a forbidden activity; activities which could lead one to perform a prohibited activity; or activities whose biblical permissibility is debated, so avoiding the activity allows one to keep Shabbat according to all ...