Discussion: On Shabbos, it is forbidden min ha-Torah to open the hot water faucet of a bath or a shower, since that allows new water to enter the tank and become cooked on Shabbos. Even if the water was somehow heated without violating the melachah of bishul, e. Chazal forbade bathing or showering in hot water even in hot water that was heated up before Shabbos This prohibition came about because in the times of the Talmud the unscrupulous bathhouse attendants misled their clients by claiming that the water has been heated before Shabbos, while in realty they were engaged in forbidden activities 36 that allowed the water to remain nice and hot on Shabbos.
Partial body washing, i. Some poskim hold that water cooking in an urn from before Shabbos is considered as water heated before Shabbos even though it continues to cook on Shabbos, and may be used for partial body washing on Shabbos Other poskim disagree and maintain that such water is considered as if it was heated on Shabbos and may not be used at all When necessary, one may be lenient Although, as stated, full body bathing or showering is forbidden by rabbinical edict even if the water was heated before Shabbos, Chazal suspended their prohibition under extenuating circumstances.
Certainly, one who is classified as ill, e. Similarly, a dirty baby or toddler may be washed with preheated water. Moreover, even an adult who is classified as a mitztaer, in distress, may bathe or shower with hot water heated before Shabbos.
In addition, according to some poskim, Chazal suspended the prohibition against bathing in water that was heated before Shabbos regarding men or women using a mikveh for the sake of keudusha or family purity.
Some poskim permit using hot water at the mikveh while others allow only lukewarm or chilly water to be used.
The widespread custom is to allow women to use the mikveh with hot water that was heated before Shabbos. Some communities allow this for men as well while most communities allow men to dip in chilly or lukewarm 43 water only But when some of the water in the tank is used, it refills with more water, and that water then has to be heated.
On the face of it, it looks like bathing in hot water on Shabbat is a no-go according to Jewish law. As far back as the early 19th century, Rabbi Akiva Eiger , of Hungary, wrote that someone who was in pain as a result of not bathing, could bathe, even in warm water on Shabbat, provided the water had been heated before Shabbat Glosses, Rav Akiva Eiger, Orakh Hayim Iggerot Moshe OH There are two other Jewish legal issues you might encounter when reading up on bathing on Shabbat.
Many Orthodox rabbis today advise their communities to use liquid soap on Shabbat so as to avoid transforming anything. Additionally, one of the Sabbath prohibitions mentioned in the Talmud is threshing, or removing an undesirable thing from a desirable thing. One way this was interpreted was to disallow wringing something out on Shabbat—as in wringing water out of your hair, or wringing out a towel used to dry your body Shulhan Arukh OH Read Halacha.
In the previous Halacha we have discussed the fundamental laws of Kiddush on Shabbat. Let us now discuss an important provision which exists regarding the Mitzvah of Kiddush: Kiddush may only be recited in the place one eats a meal. This means that if one hears Kiddush being recited by another indiv We have explained that there is a positive Torah commandment to recite Kiddush on the night of Shabbat.
The Sages enacted that this Kiddush be recited on a cup of wine. Everyone is equally obligated to recite Kiddush. Nevertheless, it is customary for the head of the household to recite the Kiddu Question: Regarding the law that we discussed yesterday that after Shabbat morning prayers one may not taste anything without reciting Kiddush but before prayers, one may drink tea and coffee.
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