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Household Repairs On Chol Hamoed - Rav Zev Smith
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1. Sewing a button onto a jacket, fixing a hem, etc. 2. Polishing shoes on cholhamoed 3. Repair phone line, cell phone, computer, etc. 4. Car repairs, fixing flat tire 5. Plumbing or electrical repairs – which are permissible? 6. Repairing bicycle or flat tire, etc. 7. Allowing gardener to do work 8. Is watering one’s plants permissible on cholhamoed? 9. Washing floor, vacuuming, etc. – is it always permissible? 10. Repairing broken glasses, musical instrument, etc. 11. Knitting or crocheting for enjoyment 12. Should one hire a Jewish repairman when the job is permissible?
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Smith doesn't need an introduction it's
the common shy list that come up at home
whether it's repairing an oven
refrigerator cutting Nails washing floor
etc etc so we have a big agenda we have
to know how to try to simplify it to to
apply it to the various Shas so I'm
going to be very brief with the because
really it's as we said a lot to
do I think what bris once said that the
understand that is really
y it's one of the days of Y but it's
special that the gave us on but the
starting point is is with
and the new
prin he points that out and he says it
very clearly he says that really Y is
like
but when it comes
to is like which is like shabas but this
own but he does point out that regarding
it would not be different than a regular
yam but the main difference between and
that's the the focus of
today is what's
called in other words on like shabas you
can't do
but you to
C it doesn't have to be it has to be
could even be cutting Nails washing the
floor I wouldn't
call but once it's then it's
on the tells us
in because people take lightly it's not
which some say it is GRA but he say not
the point the point
is has
with but let's be more positive in a
famous Sim he speaks about the sh of
wearing you not he says one thing is
certain has a
unquestionable to it and if someone's
relies on the greatness of
so let's be more
positive has tremendous to it but we
have to be careful you know the
in he points out that the Min used to be
more of a Min than it is today but the
certainly was that there's
aab after and after PES why
because comes goes and we're not sure we
did it right so learns that
the is basically for
the so let's do it right and the
way is very dark it's something
seems so he recommends either
learn or at least so that's we'll try to
do we'll try to learn and if we don't
whatever we don't know we'll
ask the story is told of someone as them
a
simple so they went over to this they
told this person he come to for a
difficult but a simple as the so heard
and he got angry he said no no people
have to know that everything is a until
you ask so it's a good training
so said everything is until you
determine it but the EM is I think the
best start is the words of the raan the
end of
and he makes
this but it's
also said should be across the board but
they answered what's called
a which will soon see a professional
work that should not be
done for example someone has a microwave
and it broke and he needs of course an
um if he can manage without the
microwave it's
awesome but if you can manage without it
let him manage without it
so is if he needs it if it's not a it
would be a now the truth is that even if
he does need it we have a problem as
soon that this but let's leave that for
now but I want to try to make us
familiar with the Su
the puts it beautifully he says the the
following we'll soon give an example
which means you might sustain a loss he
has a leak in his roof and if he doesn't
fix it soon it's going to rain and and
ruin the house so that's
even or we could do we'll soon give
examples has nothing to eat he could do
any type of work
that is more M and it's
even the has a problem and they have to
repair it has a big you can even call a
professional repairman
a
because
is and when
is that is if
it's interesting
is mov across the board theoretically
you're allow to
even
certainly a very very big job a very big
but the starting point is not
only is the biggest I'm going to mention
three cases in the and then we'll have
enough information to apply
speaks about doing to your to your horse
but it wasn't a pet this horse was your
Cadillac like they say they used to say
it that was your car you had to get
around with with with a horse so you're
allowed to do all
of to the
horse because you have to go somebody
with the horse so you need a horse so
here the question is what is muta to do
to your horse and don't forget once we
know what you do to your horse we know
what you can do to your car if you have
a problem so on a simple
level seems that you're allow to
do he has he needs the horse he's
allowed to
do now it seems that the is telling us
the horse is a so what would that mean
you could only do
because only so that would mean a car of
today that you need a mechanic typically
and that's a there's
no but there's a second and that is
theim learned that if you neglect the
horse there'll be a d of it for the
horse which means for you oh so again we
see the
is
is but the third is based on a ran the
ran says we'll soon see the details
but they want to groom themselves
that's
why
like and some can take the liberty of
saying for a person to go without his
car if he always has a car and now it it
broke he needs a repairment he needs an
woman for him to have to walk is such a
Haring
experience that would
be so we have to keep that in mind when
something is similar
to and we'll soon see what I mean
the that
we and it's very possible for a person
that who needs his car to get around he
can't survive without it the car would
be
a and once it's even even bring it to
the repairment to the mechanic be a
second very
informative speaks about someone that
has a hole in his
roof so to patch it professionally to
use a k to patch it would be awesome but
if he's like the way way the explains
he's seemingly he put some type of a
glue on the floor and he moves it with
his foot and he sort of stuffs the hole
with his hand or foot not a
k that is
AED
and so this is an incredible Insight
because as the explain if you use a k or
your foot but the job gets
done so what's the why this is than this
is because a repair man that does it is
a he use a special K if I do with my
foot that would be a
simple the third example also
this if a person needs a beg he's even
talking about sewing a bed so if he's a
h and he does it it's fine if he's an um
if he's a tailor then he can't
do why not
ter it is this is an and is us now
before we apply this more specifically I
want to make two quick points number one
let's say a certain situation that
there's no for a to do it can he ask a
go to do
a which is not M so if you take our
original CL and apply it it shouldn't be
M because
the is like
but the question is to have
a if it's
not
not and
say which is music the starting point is
that you
have fine but to have
a for
you that
same but let's say you
need can you have
a the answer is yes why this would be a
classic why
because doing it for you is the so that
would
be and we'll soon see examples but it's
the is it conforms very well
with and one more
point three
places that even when there's a to
do you can't
be you can't say oh I'm busy today I'll
do what I'm if you purposely delay
the it's also to
do was given to sit and learn and have
more
time not to be busy doing what he
supposed to be doing
it's not a time to do work in other
words the is if you can't avoid it if
you could have done
it that's
called and that's awesome so I'm saying
clearly our discussion today is when
it's
not he did it everything he could but
this came up then we have that term as
we will describe right now let's start
with a simple sh someone said he heard
now to wash a floor on kitchen floor
whatever
on vacuum a map so I'm not sure if he
heard that or he wanted to be lazy but
the EMASS is washing floor is perfectly
even
though to squeeze up but the Criterion
is is it a the answer is yes is it a the
answer is yes you don't need a
professional to wash the floor and
that's the the that's
the B says you're allowed to wash the
floor on on
on that would
be he Compares it to cutting Nails on a
y you allow to cut the nails on a y the
second days I saw the
true says just like you L to wash towels
because you washed them every they got
dirty so you have to wash them you're
allowed to wash the floor if you did it
and I saw the and
the the all say washing a floor
shouldn't be a problem now here's we're
going to see beginning of many other
situation like this that poim took on
self-imposed the base of I
believe writes that the Min in Poland
and Poland was not to wash the floor on
the says even though it's m but in
Europe there was not to wash the floor
apparently people wanted to go the extra
mile
for to show was now gr the Bas does
point out that if your house needs it
then do it you know some I don't know
your house in my house after a few days
with all the children it needs a big is
the floor so if you have no choice you
have have to wash the floor but just
like washing the
floor
in the vacuuming is also I using a
machine and there
electricity but in that's not the
deciding factor if it's
a it's
fine shoing a rug or any paring a floor
you know polishing a floor that's not
done on a regular weekly basis and that
should not be
done now washing laundry believe it or
not we don't wash laundry is
a but Wasing should
be
and but as we
know based on made a special not to wash
laundry because we should wash laundry
before
y so we don't want you to come into with
dirty laundry that's why children's that
their clothing is washed and you need it
again for the second days is M why is it
m for for children's
clothing and
a but here again again we'll see that
when something is needed it's m give you
another musle people ask about polishing
silver they polish the silver and it
comes a week later and it lost its it's
tarnished so
the and the other
say but again I saw the says that the
minut in their Medina was we tried to
avoid polishing now it's not that it's
wrong but I guess if you can manage
without it you better without it but no
doubt about if someone feels he needs it
for y polishing silver beginning of the
SEC the era of the second day is M you
know it's like the famous story that
someone dropped his hat on on chabas and
he
was during the off so they say he went
to and he asked you know what should it
do says wow such a beautiful covered
shabas hat you're wearing a hat that has
a stain shows you keeping shabas if
someone could manage without washing the
floor polishing or vacuuming so if it's
nice that's that's keep it as is if you
need it a and
a I'll give you another example of we
said
self-imposed polishing shoes certainly
should be M it's not a even though when
we were young there was a professional
shoe shiners but that was just a Panos
you don't have to be a a PhD to polish
shoes so basically polishing Sho should
not be a
problem liquid that you just smear it on
it's certainly but even the the cream
but again it's an application it's not
you're not doing more than that
and that's
why and
the many other say polishing shoes
whether you use the liquid or the cream
is
the in
P he writes that don't forget I should
remind you tomorrow's p and you're not
to do many hair cutting cutting Nails
should be done before laundry should
done before so the law says
that he's even answering polishing
shoes
p is more than P so where's it coming
from it's probably is quoted and the
both in that they didn't
polish okay
what's a person that that wants to do
the extra go the extra mile he's allowed
to be and taka hour polish usually lasts
for the week of Y so you don't have to
polish it again but even says to do a
really good job should be avoided that
might be
a so basically polishing shoes is M if
someone polished them and it's still
good then that's that's covered keep the
shoes as they are they're good enough
for the second
days another point I wanted to mention
is cutting nails so it's interesting we
have our you know our Mas but let's
question that watch be wrong with
cutting
nails and
indeed you're allowed to cut your nails
whether it's hands or feet on why why
not
there however is for a different reason
because no one gets a haircut
on even even someone that wants to shave
going into the going the second and he
did it and he wants to do it
again why is hair cutting
shaving you shouldn't come
into you want we want you to come in
ready for y you have laundry you have a
hair cut so now
some hold the same applies to cutting
nails so it's not because
of and like those
Happ so basically the the is of cutting
Nails is because you could avoid it you
could do
it and that's where
says if you cut your
nails now it comes ER of the second days
and they they grew a little more you
want to cut it a couple second days it's
more even like the
because if you did all you could then
you came thetive when you're well
groomed but there's a little more to
that it was a gay it will be nay
tomorrow it's next PES it's going get
many different times let's say someone
cut his nails this past a of
shabas Tomar want to cut his nails look
cover nothing there of course not you
cut your nails air of shabas so what you
can't cut nothing's there so he didn't
cut his nail air on a of PES now it's
going to come air of the second days
he's allowed to cut his nails he didn't
cut it air yam because he had nothing to
cut he cut it air
shabas or I'll give you another
someone
came he cut his
nails he had nothing to cut so he didn't
cut his nails
then he wants to cut his nails oh I
didn't
do interesting is but it makes a lot of
sense cut B you to cut it second days
why you cut it air shabas but you can't
cut it twice it's as if he cut it air y
so those that cut their nails yesterday
uh Friday I should
say cut and didn't and won't cut it
tomorrow will be allowed to cut it
on and that I saw
all then he adds a big let's say someone
was
TD and didn't cut it a shabas and didn't
cut
it so that's worse he so we would think
that's worse say
you could rely on
the that there's no Nails period I saw
the you can rely
on we don't rely on that so because you
a tur you rely on a that we don't go
like so that's a
big but what's interesting is
thetive quotes the
if someone is always to
cut and he forgot to do it the first
days he wants to do it the second days
it's m why he considers that like
a says an Isa could cut her
nails so if you always Mo to cut your
nails that's a
Mitzvah but doesn't say that
doesn't say you forgot to cut your nails
obviously there are more holes the Min
that you Mar to cut your nails is not
enough of a Mitzvah so there we see
again is not a he he's always Mar to cut
his nails but he forgot to do it he
shouldn't do it the second days now if
someone is m o by him the cutting Nails
this cus and all he's he can't enjoy y
so I can't say you can't rely on
is is maybe you could put them two
together when a person is beside himself
but basically cut him air of shabis or Y
and then you could definitely cut them
for the second days can a person iron
clothing you know his suit got creased
so
again it's
a
now already seems to be make M by their
irons they didn't have electric irons
they had with heat but it's obvious the
fact that we have electric irons doesn't
make it worse because they
is so it makes sense and I saw the and
the
and even using an electric
iron
but adds a beautiful point we don't iron
clothing during the nine days so why is
different there say he says n
days clothing so iron gives the him that
feeling
but is is it and it's
a so he's basically
make ironing a crinkling of the
clothing he says By Us in Hungary no one
eye in clothing on
that wasn't done so again as we see
there is definitely a a number of
self-imposed that people accepted for
themselves because they wanted to make
sure that you couldn't come to I should
also mention that making a pleat in a in
a dress or crease in other words you
want to have a nice crease down the
center of the pants that the P can feel
is more of a it's just to get out some
wrinkles that's fine certainly says
in
the that to bring it into a dry cleaner
to make professional
dry
ironing but I'll just tell you what I
saw that was
the in page 106 his minut was not to
fold the Talis after d
of now that's
a because shabas we don't fold the Talis
but on it's a
so you could ask but the answer is
that is
a was is quoted as saying that he did
not fold his Talis on but I want to
mention for the rest of us that do
the he says those that that don't fold
that
Talis there strange people what's
wrong but not people want it to be more
more
so but
definitely that would
be someone asked the question he wanted
he for he supposed
to and he forgot can he
on so
on but if this is a
and why
not he feels maybe
even because some
say and also the real reason what we
don't one of the reason we don't he
might come to carry
it but that's not
applicable and also
but that who said they
were okay that's but definitely if you
need
the
it's even though it's a officially a
ticket in the but it's now we had the
shil on someone his Gard showed up on G
I guess knew about but so the EM is a
Garder is
a and not the go will do fine without it
I will say it's not me it's the go he's
an Italian but that we saw a can't do
for when there's no so you have to tell
him a nice way I'm sorry I didn't tell
you in advance but this is our holiday
it's a week long holiday and also the
fact that it's done it's a z of makes a
lot of noise and it's something that
should be avoid not avoided it should be
not done until after y for a yid to do a
little gardening work we think what's
the big deal cut off cut off some weeds
here or there what's wrong
raise
that says a person should not cut grass
in a
b
so what's wrong just cutting off some
grass pulling out grass he says even
though it's by or he goes to basic
whatever Reas and the Min is to cut of
grass to put it throw it behind oneself
like the Min is quoted but that's not
enough
so unbelievable he goes to B the minut
take grass and throw and pull out grass
but you'll be
more no what does that teach us about
what has to be and this is
a so we have to make sure that it's
real now if someone has nice flowers
growing in his backyard and he wants to
cut a flower or two to put on the on the
shabas table that's
if someone has a fruit tree in his
backyard even though pulling off an
apple on on on chabis or
Y but
cutting is wrong I once had the sh I'm
happy I found when I looked this time
many people have they have plants
growing in their homes we call an in
other words it's a growing plant but
it's not
Outdoors is it m to water these plants
on so again if it's not a why do it but
let's say it's a and it's
a but the problem is that there's a
whole in in fact a
whole of taking care of one's field that
you're now all to water the
fields this
the question of course is of course
watering a field is awesome I'm watering
just my little my
little so in
the
Sayed watering a field even a small area
even if it's not a big deal because you
make a light plug watering on field is
awesome so I looked into
the and one of the Swarm
points out
that we find that there's no big or
small why shouldn't why shouldn't the
same apply to an but a number of can
point out and seems to
say that on a field a small patch of
land a big patch of land but in aoul a
flower plant you grow in your house it's
not a
field so maybe it's mut
Tak would be
a and not and not a and it would be and
it would be
a in other words watering a field would
be also
even but this is not included in that
is add something you see how a pis
thinks and sees a big picture says I
would advise people to be
extra and
wash over the plant
because he holds
that not doing
but so you avoid the sh by washing the
over the plant so the plant gets watered
and you avoid doing but I'm afraid
people are going to see that and take
that as a to
make and that's worse so just say as it
is but again they see the big picture
because lends itself to certain
unwarranted
coess if certainly if your plant is more
sensitive and without a week of being PL
without water it's going to get ruined
that's a d of even I should mention even
a
suff what we could say is posit for
those most of us eat outdoors on sukus
have Suka Outdoors so where do you wash
could you wash in onto the grass you're
Watering your grass so that would be a
problem but unless we say that
by it is
okay says this and also adds if you have
to open up the schlock after rain and
all the water pours onto the grass even
though you're watering the grass but it
doesn't make a that would be a on that's
to have the auto sprinkler that waterers
the grass in the front of the house so
the truth is even though technically
everybody knows it's programmed before
shabas or before yam
but I always felt it's atile of a zil in
chabis it's watering the grass so many
people have it on many people close it
off but whatever we do on chabas I think
should have the same attitude question
someone was a he had to carry from his
house to the Suka and whatever the was
he had to put up a private AR to be M
eating in the Suka to walk from his
apartment to the Suka was us without an
a can you put up a small AR in his
driveway eating in the Su
on so again putting up an AR I'm talking
about a small AR
is especially today they have these ties
you don't have to knock an A in so that
would
be let's say the community AA broke and
you have to have a repairment a c to fix
it that's a but
this very good this that would be fact
the discussed fixing an elevator an
apartment building even though it's a
real but that would
be in fact I saw this
in he
says like like
in could be an apartment building have
to be a huge you know City so if you
have even a big family maybe would
be but definitely when you have a
situation of a A's needs a community
needs that will be even a even
a the same applies if someone wants to
build a so if it's it's a problem if
it's it's it would be
okay someone asked he wants to
bind why do I have more time I said so
you you struck out first of all it's a
and
it's you have time now but they don't
need it now it used to be more of a
question you know you bought your child
or
grandchild present you bought a model I
the knows that is the young but you a
piece of plastic you put it together and
you built your own plane or whatever it
was so I don't my gear does not remind
me enough but I think it used to be a
they were instructions and a child could
do it so that would be
a he enjoys building it and also enjoys
having it which is a it's
perfectly what's more of an issue the
discuss let's say a person wants to go
onp apple picking or fishing he's not
going to use the apples not going to use
the fish but it's the recreation of it
that he enjoys is that so don't forget
he talking about even though it's a it
but it's fishing and apple picking so
the say that if he use the apples and
the fish
it's but if he doesn't use it he gives
it right back whatever he
does H it because the is the pleasure of
it there are two things there's the
pleasure of doing it and the the end
result you're using heeld his M for the
actual pleasure but many place can
question that so then in everything is M
you person is going to work he says that
being home is much worse than going to
work so he decides to go to work so it's
hard to really to apply or restrict that
but definitely the model the building is
the enjoyment and the having it and that
certainly should be
M when someone we had the Shila which
also comes up and that is the arolla
broke
so is
a but if it's a
then you have a problem so you have to
find some type of if it's considered
a if the the child cannot be taken
around the because you don't have a
stroll so that could be
a a and we soon prove this but
is maybe he have to be homebound the
whole and his parents can go out so even
though initially we would think it's a
question of a which is not enough of a
but if the child has to be taken around
that would be
a which is similar
to someone had a a he got an afan pres
he bought his child a bicycle now I'm
not familiar but someone told me putting
together the bicycle even though there's
instructions is very difficult so if
it's
then there wouldn't be a even if he's
going to use it because that's a that
the only would be
for someone's lock the front door of the
lock of the front door broke so he needs
an he needs a
locksmith what's the het
then to have a front door open is not
very safe and that's why the same
applies if the alarm is not functioning
you have to have an fix it but if the
alarm is at least a suff d of he's
worried about potential problems suff D
is I should mention those that have
grandchildren you know many homes today
there's no children home so it's not
childproof you have Windows without
bars if you are having grandchildren
coming make sure your home is safe has
the proper you know window protection
etc etc
in writes to knock a nail into the wall
to hang up a picture is awesome because
it's not enough
of unless you need it and of course
unless
it's and you want to put
up that's okay took a strong stance
in that you could live without that
picture so to
kn but you can manage without
it questions that and isn't every
picture adding some type of the answer
is of course but when you're trying to
educate
people this a good statement if you
could manage without it so in your
mind's eye you have to see that the more
covered y would be not putting up the
picture not knocking a to the wall now
as I told you if you have feel it is it
and certainly
on but basically the attitude
is should be weighed
independently someone needed dental work
on whether it's a dental work or going
to a doctor so obviously it's not a very
pleasant trip but the question is is it
mut because both dentist and doctors are
omness so here we see something in the
end
of any medical need
is
because not he's saying it's
even certainly taking
medicine
on even taking medicine is awesome so
that's the
contrast medicine is
and visit is but on y medicine is
awesome it seems from this that the M
holds just
for wouldn't
be
why but here's the question how about
someone that has a toothache but not
terrible it's not like some type of root
canal work just to you know alleviate
some
discomfort so
remember medication
is so here is interesting from
the just there's no
the even
in
and again says that like it says
in
that he says about going to a
dentist even for a minor this Comfort
is is as clear as they it's even
for to do any
necessary obviously they held
that goes
into once it's which is
like then there's no restriction
of so that's a very hard to
say and are but
does add time for a well checkup because
it works out good because you have off
whatever it is is aome it has to be at
least now typically no one runs to a
doctor but certainly if you're L
of someone's glass is broke so he needs
a repairment he has to go to
theti today we talk about lenses the
same sh so in that
same says fixing glasses even though
it's an is is
a is
like but he does add that if it's just
sunglass that you could live without it
that can live without it the PO say if
someone can't see well without his
glasses and he can't learn
well it was like to mention the
they asked one of the
asked and he got response that he wrote
down and he asked is
it so the response and I
quote and anybody that thinks of
a
that's and then he his punch line is
and and you out toite
it is the biggest so if someone's G to
have to squint and going to stop
learning because he doesn't have his
glasses let him fix the glasses Al the
of a d
in says the same applies to a hearing
aid even though fixing a hearing
is he has to hear well another
interesting example
of interesting lesson
that and is a story good to hear
for's wife was being on
on and her
daughter-in-law was surprised such an
old lady has to be busy with that is
there Reed for that so someone came to
ask so he says elim even your mother
even your grandmother and even he's
holding one step away from
the he allowed
to why because that's the that's their
enjoyment to grooms
on and this is quoted in the end
of
that says even it's like for them and
even even she has no husband
is we have to remember that
says for men
is and for women it's but
it's never too
late but no doubt about it
that is a form of see I
kep is one and the same something as
integral as hearing aids glasses
or is part of
the
even now the do say it's not anything
that the ISA does to get ready for
y Isa can't cut our
hair or can't cut a because that's part
of the of cutting hair why it's not M
across the board do anything it's
specifically the Mal of cosmetic
grooming
that's
Etc now as far as cutting a human sh so
the and others wonder why is that the
ISA of cutting hair it's not natural
hair a sh is a beged in fact you're not
how to wash a beged on including the the
Sha but a beged is not an Isa of cutting
hair Raa must have assumed that you cut
hair or sh is one is but no doubt about
it a to a is a problem
to go to to set the is a problem but to
com comb it to put in rollers Etc what
is done and understood to be
a question about sewing so that's the m
and
that's the say a man sewing is always
a a woman sewing they know better
is but both of them allowed to
S but that wants to sew a button or a
hem has to do it in
AED way so in other words instead of if
you have a let's say want to sew on a
button don't sew all through all four
holes do two of them words do it just
that it makes the after you'll do it
over after H don't do a perfect job do a
passible job and for us men matter how
hard we try it's
always question where someone asked
about
a fixing an oven so here this is
interesting the
is and
that's the following the says you're not
to make traps on to catch fish I
no no no means either food or preparing
food catching fish is not preparing the
fish you catch the fish then you prepare
the fish that's not considered you
know fixing an oven so gave the of
what's
considered fixing an oven so the say if
an oven broke on you even call a
professional and fix it the price can
add if you if the microwave
broke and you need an um and you can
manage without it because believe it or
not we did manage without it so many
thousands of years so maybe you could
manage without it if they only has the
microwave but if he has an oven anyhow
then settle without the microwave for
the same reason we could say if it
starts to get
cold or gets hot depending which season
it is but let's say suddenly you need
Steam on onus L suus and steam is not
working so you have to call a repair a a
professional plumber who fix this the
steam that's
a to keep War if it gets very hot
suddenly PES got very hot let's say so
that would also need an um but if it's
taka unbearably hot or
very then it's
a if the if the sink is not working if
the bathroom is not working and it can't
manage without it that would
be and that would be m in a situation
it's probably more M because typically
is a
is is a big a bringing the car to the
mechanic is a obviously even though he's
a so you have to know if it's
a or let's say a person has to get a go
a few places to call a car would be very
expensive a car service that is so this
would be a d if he goes to visit his
parents and he and he visits his rebi
Mitzvah but
basically a to do mechanical work he
can't do he has to have a go do it this
be when it has one of the
previous fixing a phone a phone line so
they say today a phone a phone having
act a phone is a but if you have a cell
phone and the landline phone broke so
way left they come
they make it's it's very much an if you
could avoid fixing the phone you only
have the cell phone that's enough for
the next few days that's
preferable we have an old minute before
y we like to give some table talk
some I'm going to mention my version of
the
fear the first question is a beautiful
sh you could keep busy by but I'm just
going to mention the question share for
itself
we saw the fundamental is
versus how do you
define now throughout the it was very
simple AER was an who did professional
work the sfus like craphy was
a the
paa was craftmanship and the end result
was a professional job in our door
we find that it's possible one without
the other for example you could have in
your computer a gorgeous artwork and
your 2-year-old child could press a
button and out comes that
artwork is that a m because look at the
look at the look at the end result it's
a beautiful
artwork or no how did he do it he
pressed the button that's
a how do we
Define versus is it the PA you have to
work hard or the T the end result now
for all generations it was one and the
same but today it's different you know
you told me comes to my sh at night he
had an operation a 4-Hour operation I
think it was that was performed by a
robot I said what he goes yeah they have
they have have to go of course they have
to program it and a robot does his
surgery now how do you program how do
you how do you start it I guess you
press the button can you call that
a so I'll give you a lead we learned
earli
in says that if you have a leak in the
roof you can't call a professional
roofer they're going to use their fancy
do with your foot I the end result
in both is the same so it does indicate
maybe that the question
is how it's
done and one more lead and this is an
outdated but in the was asked about
taking a picture with a Polaroid camera
today even a camera is outdated because
everybody has the phone but a Polaroid
camera you pressed the button you took a
picture and something came out right
away and a minute or two later it was a
beautiful picture so said that's not a
um you press a butt anybody could do it
in the same safe he quotes ketki that's
saying taking a Polaroid picture is a
because is professional so maybe it's
question number two true story someone
on came on chabas that year and he
making
Shalom so he wanted to serve G cake but
he's didn't eat G during PES so he want
to know can he make a br cake
on said what's the because I wouldn't
eat this is that
a I told him it's very nice you're right
you can't prepare
on for
you can't prepare
on but you L prepare
on for both what's
the ah you can eat it but man eeden will
eat it could eat it I told him what
you're asking is a good question
there we
have they have
but they can't
eat the question was asked can askanazi
have at least a chant with beans because
it's only
kitne but the problem is you going have
to make the chent a shabas which
is I you'll say but I'm I'm not I'm eat
it tomorrow but if you can't eat it
today even though eat it but for Asim
it's an Isa of kitus and the say kitus
is an Isa for those keep
it g is a so you allow to make the but
you can't make the chant of the beans
the beans chant on going
into question the next
question is a
interesting he says some people they get
they're very nervous and and they have
to do something after y but if they
don't do it now they're going to worry
the whole I might forget so he feels
that they're allowed to do it
on because of because they're nervous
because if
not and
now and he says his great
father when had to do something after y
he would write it down
on remember to do this
on now this has been misquoted he does
not mean you're allow to do
to
have I'm sorry you're not
do because many people don't go to work
for the few days they have without going
to
work more so says
the in the in the he writes
some lien know it's not just he's you
know worried he has emotional problems
so for him it's a real but to do
something on
because you you're afraid you might
forget to do it is wrong it has to be
a and last but not least someone has a
valid
of the Oven broke okay the question is
who should fix the oven so let's say he
happens to be an um can he do it or does
he have to call a go so
that if it's a
could do a so if he knows how to fix the
oven he could do it himself the question
is if he can do it who should he
call so I'm very sensitive these
questions because we have to give we
have to shop Jewish we have to patronize
Jewish
workers but the question is what should
he do so here's the catch I have a hat
to fix my oven this professional repair
a doesn't have a hat to fix my oven why
not because I could get a go if there's
only one repairment a then it's me to
ask him to do it because he could do it
for me but if his hat do it for me and I
get a go so M and both
place twice says if you can't get a go
you could do it yourself or however you
do it if you could get a go it's better
to call the GU to do it than have the do
it because that would avoid
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till
sh five
minutes just we learned today is really
like that's the as we saw just
as but the attitude has to be
that but once it's a and it's not a it's
m to wash a floor vacuum a floor even
with vacuum cleaner some atic okay it's
adct took but it's
not polishing silver polishing shoes are
both if
it's cutting Nails by should not be done
if he did it or a shabas close enough to
yam he could do it for the second days
but basically it should be done properly
before yam ironing is a it shouldn't be
a problem those that have not to do iron
folding it T is also Ming a is
certainly cutting grass for no reason is
a picking flowers or picking fruit to
eat gardening work should not be done on
on should be watering a a plant if it's
needed it's m even if it's not needed
could be it's takut as we said because
it's a um they they never they never
answer that but has to be at
least a private Arab that doesn't any to
make on a
shabas building a model or fishing or
apple picking when you're going to use
it is
a a broken stroller that has to be
repared by an should only be prepared if
there's a which is more
than knocking an into a
wall if there's no real need others a
but there has to be a legitimate need to
make it a
a doctor a dental visit when there's
a question
is as we saw there were po by as well
broken glasses or lenses that are is
considered and his hearing is the
same what what
the
even that's
their whatever hedg mice HED is okay
needle pointing crocheting I forgot to
mention that's M and that's awesome
fridge or freezer repairs that are
needed the oven is
a a plumber or electrici when he's
called to do
a for is of him to do it we did see that
some hold that better to get a go but m
a a plumbing electrical work you're
allowed to call a worker the workers
allowed to do it if for you it's say a
of a phone or car repairs both the same
if it could be avoided it should be
avoided if it's taked it would be a the
new type of the question of
a just for the you have to be very
careful before you misapply that and as
we said when you have a versus H that
something to think about and most
important when a go could do the work
it's better on call the go then call the
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