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Dirshu Mishnah Berurah
by Moshe Zeidman
A page a day (amud yomi) of Mishnah Berurah explained and clarified following (roughly) the cycle of the Dirshu program for mastery of the laws of daily Jewish living. Master the text in under 30 minutes a day. For individual application of the laws you should consult with your local Orthodox Rabbi.Please subscribe to this podcast - you will be notified when each new session is uploaded and you will maximise your daily learning. For feedback or questions you can reach me on [email protected].
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MB 321.8 - MB 321.11 - Grinding (Tochen) & Food Preparation on Shabbos
This segment explores the laws of tochen (grinding) in food preparation on Shabbos. Crushing salt with standard grinding tools (like a pestle and mortar) is prohibited, but doing so with an unusual method (e.g., knife handle or by hand) is permitted. Pre-ground items may be further broken down…
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MB 321.5 – MB 321.7 – Salting, Preserving & Grinding on Shabbos
This segment explores the boundaries of salting and grinding on Shabbos. While adding salt for immediate consumption is permitted, salting foods (like meat, eggs, or fish) for preservation—even short-term—resembles tanning or pickling and is rabbinically prohibited. However, salting for the same...
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MB 321.3 – MB 321.4 – Salting Foods on Shabbos: When It Becomes “Like Cooking”
Salting certain foods on Shabbos can resemble pickling, which Chazal prohibit because it is considered similar to cooking. The restriction primarily applies when salting multiple pieces (e.g., radishes, onions, garlic, cucumbers) together, as this appears like a preserving process. However…
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MB 318.19 – MB 321.2 – Food Colouring, Dyeing on Shabbos & Preparing Brine
This episode explores the prohibition of dyeing on Shabbos and its application to food. Adding color to food—such as mixing spices or liquids—is generally permitted, even when the intent is to enhance appearance, since dyeing does not apply to food. However, stringency is advised when…
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MB 320.18b – Squeezing (Sechita) on Shabbos: Wine Barrels, Towels & Toothbrushes
This episode continues the discussion of the melachah of squeezing (sechita) on Shabbos, focusing on practical halachic applications. The shiur examines the dispute regarding removing or replacing a cloth stopper in a wine barrel when liquid will inevitably be squeezed out. Even if the result is...
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MB 320.14 – MB 320.18a – Squeezing on Shabbos: Snow, Cloths, Sponges & Inevitable Actions
This episode continues the laws of squeezing (Sechitah) on Shabbos, focusing on practical and nuanced cases. We clarify the difference between passive melting (like placing ice into a drink, which is permitted) and actively causing melting or squeezing, which may be prohibited. Key topics…
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MB 320.8– MB 320.13 – Squeezing Foods, Melting Ice, and the Laws of Extraction on Shabbos
This episode explores the laws of extracting liquids on Shabbos, focusing on the distinction between different food categories. Olives and grapes are most restricted because they are primarily grown for juice, while most other fruits are generally permitted to squeeze unless commonly used for...
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MB 320.6 – MB 320.7 – Squeezing Fruits on Shabbos: Lemon Juice, Pickled Foods & Practical Guidelines
This episode explores the laws of squeezing fruits and vegetables for juice on Shabbos, with a focus on lemon juice and common kitchen scenarios. It explains when squeezing is permitted versus prohibited, the distinction between squeezing for flavor versus extracting juice, and how custom and...
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MB 320.2 – MB 320.5 – Squeezing Fruits, Extracting Liquids, and Mixing on Shabbos
This episode explores the laws of extracting juice from fruits on Shabbos and when liquids that emerge are permitted or prohibited. We discuss olives and grapes crushed before Shabbos, when their juice is automatically allowed, and how nullification works when juice mixes immediately with…
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MB 320.1b – Fruit Juicing on Shabbos: Custom, Sucking Juice, and Practical Limits
This episode continues to examine the halachic rules of squeezing fruit on Shabbos. Olives and grapes remain strictly prohibited to squeeze for juice under all circumstances. Strawberries and pomegranates are treated more leniently if they are primarily for eating and juice emerges on its own…
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MB 320.1a – Squeezing Fruits on Shabbos
This episode introduces the laws of squeezing fruits on Shabbos. The key distinction is between fruits primarily used for juice and those mainly eaten as solids. Grapes and olives are strictly forbidden to squeeze because their normal use is for producing liquids, and even juice that seeps out on...
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MB 319.15 – MB 319.17 – Sorting on Shabbat: Eggs, Bugs, Drinks & Dairy
A practical overview of the laws of sorting on Shabbat as they apply to everyday food preparation. This episode explores when straining or separating food is permitted versus prohibited, including sifting mustard with an egg, separating egg whites and yolks, drinking through a cloth to avoid...
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MB 319.12 – MB 319.14 – Filtering Wine, Pouring Dregs, and the Rules of Borer on Shabbos
This episode continues the laws of Borer (selection and filtering) on Shabbos, focusing on filtering wine and water. It clarifies when filtering is permitted using non-designated items (like cloths or wicker baskets), when special filters may be used, and the limits placed to avoid weekday-style...
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MB 319.10 – MB 319.11 – Filtering Wine, Water, and Other Liquids on Shabbos
This episode continues the laws of Borer as applied to filtering liquids on Shabbos. We explore when filtering wine, water, and other drinks is permitted—focusing on the key distinction between clear and cloudy liquids. If a drink is already fit to consume without filtering, straining it may be...
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MB 319.4 – MB 319.9 – The Limits of Sifting, Washing, and Filtering on Shabbos
This episode continues the laws of selection on Shabbos, focusing on when everyday actions cross into prohibited sorting. We cover sifting grain by hand versus with tools, why funnels, plates, or two-handed techniques are not allowed, and how even simple soaking or washing can become problematic....
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MB 319.4 – MB 319.6 – Borer on Shabbos: Selecting Food, Refuse, and Proper Technique
This episode continues the detailed laws of borer (selection) on Shabbos. We clarify the three core conditions that permit food selection: taking the desired item from the undesired, using one’s hand rather than a specialized tool, and eating immediately. The discussion explains why removing...
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MB 319.2 – MB 319.3 – Separating Food and Objects on Shabbat: Timing, Method, and Intent
This episode continues the laws of sorting and separating on Shabbat, focusing on the key distinction between normal eating and prohibited sorting. The discussion clarifies that removing what you don’t want, using tools designed for sorting, or preparing items for later use—even later the same...
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MB 319.1 – Borer on Shabbos: The Three Rules That Make or Break Permitted Selection
This episode opens the laws of Borer (separating) on Shabbos with a foundational overview from the Mishnah Berurah. It explains why Borer is one of the most commonly misunderstood prohibitions and lays out the three core conditions that determine permissibility: taking the desired item from the...
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MB 344.2 – Shabbos in the Desert & Final Melachos of Weaving
This episode concludes Siman 344 with a practical case: someone lost in the desert who knows how many days they’ve traveled but not the starting day. We clarify which days are certainly weekday, when work is permitted, and when it must be restricted—especially once one day’s work suffices for...
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MB 344.1 - Lost Track of Shabbat: Survival, Sanctity, and Halachic Limits in the Desert
This episode explores the halachic guidance for someone who becomes lost—such as in a desert or captivity—and no longer knows which day is Shabbat. We cover how to count days, designate a “Shabbat” for remembrance through Kiddush and Havdalah, and the limits of work and travel under conditions of...
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MB 343.1b - Raising Children Within Halachic Boundaries: Shabbos, Prohibitions, and Education
This episode continues the laws governing a child’s actions in matters of prohibition, with a focus on Shabbos and forbidden foods. It clarifies when a parent must actively stop a child, when others may intervene, and the limits of involving non-Jews. Key topics include feeding prohibited foods…
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MB 343.1 a – Educating Children: Preventing Prohibitions and Building Lasting Habits
This episode explores the laws of educating children in mitzvot, focusing on a parent’s responsibility to prevent children from transgressing prohibitions. It explains the distinction between the role of the father and that of the court, and between biblical and rabbinic prohibitions. The...
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MB 342.1 – Rabbinic Restrictions During Twilight (Bein Hashmashos)
This episode explores the unique halachic status of the twilight period between sunset and nightfall. We examine which rabbinic prohibitions were suspended during this time, when and why exceptions apply for mitzvah needs or pressing circumstances, and which decrees remain in force due to their...
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MB 341.1 – MB 341.3 – Annulment of Vows on Shabbos
This episode explores when vows may be annulled on Shabbos and why the general rule restricts weekday-style legal actions on a holy day. We clarify that vows may be annulled on Shabbos when they directly affect Shabbos enjoyment or mitzvah observance—such as eating, drinking, wearing Shabbos...
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MB 340.12 – MB 340.14 – Tearing, Cutting, Gluing, and Separating on Shabbat
This episode completes Siman 340 of the Mishnah Berurah, covering the melachot of Losh (kneading), Kore’a (tearing), and Tofer (sewing) and their derivatives as they apply to everyday Shabbat situations. Topics include making paste or dough from seeds, tearing paper or earthenware for a purpose,...
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MB 340.8 – MB 340.11 – Stuffing Cushions, Gathering Materials, and the Melacha of Collecting
This episode continues the laws of Shabbos focusing on returning stuffing to cushions and pillows, clarifying when repair is permitted and when creating something new is forbidden. We then explore the prohibition of gathering items on Shabbos, including evaporated salt and agricultural produce…
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MB 340.6 – MB 340.7 – Sewing, Tightening Threads, and Drawstring Sleeves on Shabbos
This episode examines the Shabbos prohibition of sewing, focusing on tightening loose threads and functional stitching. We discuss when pulling a thread to reconnect fabric constitutes a biblical violation, the role of knots versus multiple stitches, and cases where liability applies even without…
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MB 340.4b – MB 340.5 – Writing, erasing, marking lines, and forming letters on Shabbat
This episode continues the Mishnah Berurah’s detailed analysis of the laws of writing on Shabbat, expanding beyond the Shulchan Aruch’s brief treatment. It clarifies when writing two letters creates biblical liability, including cases where letters are written on separate surfaces that can be…
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MB 340.4a – Writing and Erasing on Shabbat: Permanent vs. Non-Permanent Marks
This episode explores the laws of writing and erasing on Shabbat, focusing on what creates biblical liability versus rabbinic prohibition. Writing is biblically prohibited only when a lasting mark is made with a lasting substance on a lasting surface. Writing with liquids, ash, sand, or on…
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MB 340.2 – MB 340.3 – Erasing on Shabbat:, Ink, Wax, Cakes, and Letters
This episode continues the laws of 'shearing' and then erasing on Shabbat. Topics include removing warts, scabs, loose skin, and dry lips; when erasing ink, wax, or smudges creates biblical versus rabbinic liability; and how much erasure constitutes a violation. We explore practical cases such as...
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MB 340.1 - Haircuts, Nails, Shearing, and Appearance on Shabbos
This episode continues the laws near the end of Hilchos Shabbos, focusing on activities related to hair, nails, and shearing that are prohibited on Shabbos as derivatives of the melacha of shearing. We cover cutting hair and nails by hand or with tools, the difference between rabbinic prohibition...
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MB 399.5 - MB 399.6 - Water Activities and Boats on Shabbos
This episode continues the laws of Shabbos as they relate to water. We review why swimming and similar water activities are restricted, including moving floating objects or clearing water in rivers. The discussion then shifts to boats: when entering a boat is permitted, the difference between...
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MB 339.4b - MB 339.5 - – Shabbos Restrictions on Transactions, Consecrations, and Marriage
This episode continues the laws of Shabbos as they intersect with transactions and legal acts. We cover why consecrations, valuations, gifts to the Temple, separating tithes, firstborn redemption, and issuing divorces are generally prohibited on Shabbos, since they resemble commerce or legal...
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MB 339.4a - – Judicial Actions, Punishments, and Marriage on Shabbos
This episode explores the halachic limits of judicial and legal activity on Shabbos. We learn why courts do not judge cases, issue punishments, imprison offenders, or carry out penalties on Shabbos—rooted in concerns of writing, commerce, and preserving Shabbos as a day of rest even for the…
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MB 338.8 - MB 339.3 - Rain on the Roof & Rhythm on Shabbos: Water, Swimming, and Clapping Explained
This episode concludes the laws of managing rainwater leaking into the home on Shabbos, including when collected water may be moved and when creating an unpleasant situation is prohibited. We then begin a new section covering common Shabbos activities: riding animals, swimming in pools and ponds,...
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MB 338.3 – MB 338.7 - Shabbos Sounds & Signals: Alarms, Clocks, Games, and Noise on Shabbat
This episode explores classic Mishnah Berurah discussions on sound and activity on Shabbos. Topics include mechanical clocks and musical chimes set before Shabbos, alarm clocks and alarms going off on Shabbos, winding watches and stopping alarms, and the distinction between fixing an item versus...
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MB 338.2 - Can There Be Music on Shabbos? Weddings, Non-Jews
This episode explores the halachic background of playing music on Shabbos, focusing on the original rabbinic decree against music due to concern over repairing instruments. We examine a historical leniency that allowed asking a non-Jew to play (and even repair) instruments for the sake of…
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MB 338.1b – Sound-Making Objects on Shabbos: Door Knockers, Whistling, Bells, and Intent
This episode continues the Mishnah Berurah’s discussion of sound production on Shabbos. We clarify the core rule: objects specifically designed to make sound are generally prohibited, even when the intent is not musical. Practical cases include door knockers, rings fixed to doors, bells, tuning...
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MB 337.3–338.1 – Floors, Furrows, and Sounds: Cleaning, Weight, and Noise on Shabbat
This episode completes the laws of floor maintenance on Shabbat and opens the topic of sound-making prohibitions. We review why spreading oil or scrubbing floors is restricted—even on paved surfaces—due to concerns of leveling ground and related actions. The discussion extends to placing heavy...
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MB 337.2 – Sweeping Floors on Shabbos: Dirt, Dust, and Household Cleaning
This episode continues the laws of unintended consequences on Shabbos, focusing on sweeping floors and household cleaning. We explore whether sweeping an unpaved floor is permitted, given the concern that it may level the ground and resemble forbidden labor. The discussion contrasts lenient and...
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MB 337:1 – Unintended Consequences on Shabbat: When Actions Are Permitted
This episode opens Siman 337 and explores the laws of unintended consequences on Shabbat. Using ploughing as the model case, it explains when an action is permitted if a prohibited result is not intended—and when it becomes forbidden if that result is inevitable. Practical cases include dragging...
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MB 336.12 – MB 336.13 – When Trees Become Off-Limits on Shabbos
In this episode, we finish the siman discussing plants and trees on Shabbos, beginning with the laws of dried fruits still attached to dried or living branches. Even when fruit appears detached for tumah, halachically it is still considered attached for Shabbos regarding plucking. We review cases...
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MB 336.9 – MB 336.11 – Plants, Blocked Gutters & Flowers on Shabbos
A practical overview of Hilchos Shabbos regarding plants, blocked gutters, sinks, smelling fragrant plants, and handling flowers or branches in water. We explore when vegetation is considered attached, when one may clear blockages with a shinui, when smelling attached plants is permitted, and key...
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MB 336.4 – MB 336.8 – Handling Seeds, Plants, and Potted Herbs on Shabbos
This episode covers Mishnah Berurah 336.4–8, focusing on outdoor activities on Shabbos—especially handling seeds, plants, and potted herbs. We review when scattering seeds for animals is permitted, concerns about accidental sowing, the status of plants growing from moisture on utensils, and the...
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MB 336.2 – MB 336.3 – Using Trees, Roots, and Grass on Shabbos: Height Limits, Walking on Grass, and Watering Concerns
In this episode, we continue the laws of using trees and their roots on Shabbos. We explain when roots and low branches are considered ground and therefore permitted to use, based on whether they rise above three handbreadths. We also cover complex cases such as uneven ground, roots that bend...
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MB 336.1 – Climbing Trees on Shabbos
A clear overview of the halachos of using trees on Shabbos: why Chazal prohibited climbing or using trees, whether the rules apply to live or dried trees, and what to do if someone accidentally finds themselves in a tree on Shabbos. Includes the Mishnah Berurah’s parameters for hanging objects,...
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MB 335.2 – MB 335.5 – Laws of Rescuing Liquids and Food on Shabbos
This episode reviews the laws of rescuing wine, liquids, or food when a barrel breaks on Shabbos. We examine when a person may place a single vessel to save as much as possible, and when using multiple vessels is restricted due to concerns of weekday-like behavior or accidental carrying. We…
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MB 334.26 – MB 335.1 – Public-Safety Extinguishing on Shabbos & Limits on Saving Food From a Broken Barrel
This episode concludes the discussion of Siman 334—the laws of extinguishing on Shabbos—focusing on when one may put out glowing metal or smoldering wood if it poses a danger to the public. We clarify when moving the hazard is preferable to extinguishing it, the halachic status of metal versus...
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MB 334.26 – Fire on Shabbos: Asking Non-Jews, Property Concerns & Pikuach Nefesh
A practical and detailed overview of the halachic principles governing how to respond to a fire on Shabbos. This episode explains when one may hint to or request assistance from a non-Jew, the limits on protecting property, and how sudden loss changes the halachic framework. We also explore the...
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MB 334.22 – MB 334.25 – Indirect Fire Extinguishing on Shabbos: Clothing, Vessels, Protective Barriers, and the Role of Non-Jews
A clear, practical overview of indirect fire prevention on Shabbos in the Mishnah Berurah. This episode clarifies when one may prevent a fire’s spread through indirect actions, such as placing wet materials, vessels of water, or protective barriers near a blaze. We examine extinguishing when...
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A page a day (amud yomi) of Mishnah Berurah explained and clarified following (roughly) the cycle of the Dirshu program for mastery of the laws of daily Jewish living. Master the text in under 30 minutes a day. For individual application of the laws you should consult with your local Orthodox Rabbi.Please subscribe to this podcast - you will be notified when each new session is uploaded and you will maximise your daily learning. For feedback or questions you can reach me on [email protected].
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A page a day (amud yomi) of Mishnah Berurah explained and clarified following (roughly) the cycle of the Dirshu program for mastery of the laws of daily Jewish living. Master the text in under 30 minutes a day. For individual application of the laws you should consult with your local Orthodox...
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