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Benefitting from forbidden activities on Shabbos
Ice Cream Bar Opened on Shabbat, while Transgressing a Prohibition
Muktzeh
Preparation of a Vessel for Use with Muktzeh
Grace after meal (birkas hamazon)
Recitation of the Song 'Tzur Mishelo' in place of Grace After Meals
Kitchen surfaces
Koshering the Kitchen and Surfaces
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
Studying the Song of Songs
Eating meat during the Nine Days
Frying in Meat Oil During the Nine Days
Eating meat during the Nine Days
Tasting Foods on the Eve of Shabbat Chazon
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
Mentioning the Destruction of Beitar on Tisha B'Av
The Ninth of Av (Tisha be-Av)
The Name of G-d in the Book of Lamentations
Laundry and ironing during the Nine Days
Laundry for a Sephardi by an Ashkenazi starting on Rosh Chodesh Av
Haircuts and shaving during the Three Weeks
Haircut for a Gentile during The Three Weeks
Haircuts and shaving during the Three Weeks
Ashkenazi Giving a Haircut to a Sephardi During the Three Weeks
Bein ha-Meitzarim – The Three Weeks
Singing in Honor of a Rabbi during the Three Weeks
Taking medicines on Shabbos
Medications to ease the fast — taking it on Shabbos
Eating meat during the Nine Days
Defining a sick person in the context of the Nine Days