Sefarim by Rabbi Chaim Cohen: Mekor Chaim ↗ בס״ד

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  1. Wet Clothes on Shabbos

    Question: What can one do if they get soaked in the rain over Shabbos? Can they stand next to the radiator and hang their wet clothes up? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch (OC 301:46) writes that one can’t dry wet clothes next to a…

  2. Dreidel on Shabbos

    Question: May one play with a dreidel on Shabbos? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch (CM 370:2) writes that one mustn’t gamble or play betting games. Doing so is forbidden derabanan because it is akin to stealing as when losing, …

  3. Lighting the Menora at a Concert

    Question: I am helping to organize a concert on Chanuka and have been asked to light the menora. Should I do so with a beracha ? Answer: The Rivash (111) writes that the mitzva to light the menora includes lighting it at the …