{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lemaan Yishmeu - Rabbi Braun","title":"May I Use a Lemon Squeezer on Shabbos?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2075,"description":"In this week’s episode, the topics discussed by Rabbi Braun include:\nGreeting others before davening\nWhat are the parameters of the halacha against greeting someone in the morning before davening, and how does going to a friend’s house differ from meeting him in shul or on the street?\nSince “good morning” is now a standard greeting, does it still count as a valid shinui from saying “Shalom”?\nIs calling someone on the phone comparable to going to his house, and does it matter whether the call is specifically to say hello or for another purpose?\nHow do the Zohar’s stringency on one hand, and the mitzvah of hevei makdim l’shlom kol adam and kevod habriyos on the other, shape the practical approach?\n“Words of inspiration” at a levaya on Chol Hamoed\nOn days when hespedim are prohibited (e.g., Chol Hamoed, Rosh Chodesh), is saying divrei hisorerus a legitimate alternative, or merely renaming a hesped?\nIf one may not even leave the coffin standing in the street lest people come to eulogize, would that apply also to speeches inside a shul or chapel?\nIs praising the niftar itself the problem on these days, or is anything said for kavod hameis permitted?\nWhat other factors can be relied on when using the opportunity to inspire those gathered to Torah and mitzvos?\nRashba’s view on bracha covering a more chashuv food\nAccording to the Rashba, who holds that a bracha on a less important food doesn’t cover a more chashuv one, is it enough to know you will eat the other food, or must you specifically intend to exempt it with your bracha (kavana liftor)?\nWhen a guest’s bracha covers whatever their host will serve later, does that apply even to more chashuv foods served by the host, since the guest never specifically intended to exempt them with his original bracha?\nWhat is the halacha l’maaseh, l’chatchila and b’dieved, when the bracha was made without specific intent to exempt the more important food?\nLemon squeezers on Shabbos\nIf squeezing a lemon directly onto food is...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3yjUxK4ctnSViSNoRJs1n70YSJC3FwrMVpVQRYN5Smo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNzFk/ZDFmMTU2ZjhiNGUz/NTZlMjQwNWM3OTRi/ZDVlNC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}