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MB3 124a: Stacking Books on Shabbos and Slanted Roofs (315:7-9)

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Why is stacking books not a problem of making a temporary ohel?

A slanted (or flat) roof that is less than a tefach wide falls under the rubric of ohel midrabbanan. Is placing a strainer over a container a problem of making an ohel?

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for 30 years (available on YUTorah), and also gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes. An international lecturer on medical and halachic issues, Rabbi Dr. Glatt has autho...

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