Rosh Yeshiva Responds
Rabbi Linzer answers halakhic questions from rabbis and community members
A basement bathroom has a grinder pump that goes off every time the toilet is flushed. Can the toilet be used on Shabbat?
If it happens every time, then it is a pesik reisha denicha lei of a grama. The actually issur being performed is really only electricity. I can’t think how grinding waste fits into any category of a melakhah. So there are many reasons to be lenient:
Is it a problem of koveish yerakot to prepare a large batch of coleslaw Friday night, some of which is for immediate use and some of which will sit with the dressing (including lemon juice and vinegar) until lunch which improves its flavor?
Shulchan Arukh OC 321:3 says that pickling is forbidden on Shabbat because it is like cooking, although not Biblically, obviously, because it doesn’t use fire.
In this case, if one were to eat it all at once, nothing would
Rosh Yeshiva Responds
Rabbi Dov Linzer will be answering shailas from YCT rabbis and community members on video each week.