Summary of Laws of the Three Weeks – 5783/2023
Many of us go about our lives giving little thought to the churban habayit, but the laws of this period cause us to focus on what we lost.
Many of us go about our lives giving little thought to the churban habayit, but the laws of this period cause us to focus on what we lost.
In Israel, it is rare to need to prepare Eiruv Tavshilin, but this Shavuot both those of us in the Diaspora and in Israel will be making it.
What to do if it rains, who is obligated to eat in the sukkah and what foods obligate eating in it. A primer for the holiday.
Despite its being a temporary dwelling, the Sukkah has rules on how it is to be built.
This year, the fast falls on Shabbat and is put off for a day, and Sephardi and Ashkenazi observance are almost the same (details below).
Through keeping these halakhot properly we strive to merit witnessing the geulah, and the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash.
halakhot related to snow and the application of salt – or ice melt – on Shabbat.