1) Many infant cribs and bassinets are equipped with small wheels to enable them to be easily moved from place to place.
These wheels are not screwed in, and it is common for them to sometimes fall out when the crib is being moved, and when they fall out they are easily pushed back in.
These wheels may be replaced on Shabbos even if they will now stay in if the crib is lifted, so long as they are loose enough that they can easily be pulled out, as this is not considered Boneh. (See Mishna Berura Siman 308:72)
2) Rubber feet that are placed on bottom of chair legs in order to prevent the floor from becoming scratched may not be removed or replaced on Shabbos onto the legs of the chair if they fell off if they are firmly attached. (See Shmiras Shabbos K'Hilchaso Perek 23:42)
If they are loosely attached it is permitted. (See Orchos Shabbos Page 286 footnote 80)
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Reader's Question:
Can you please explain what the significance and/or the reason why people hand out garlic and sugar at a pidyon haben?
Answer:
A food that was part of a Seudas Mitzvah, when taken home and used again in a different dish transmits some of the kedusha of the Mitzvah into the new food.
It is said that one who partakes of a Seudas Pidyon Haben is as if he fasted for 84 days(See Bamidbar 3:49 where the Posuk says the word "Pid-yom" and the seforim see in this word an allusion to "Pei Daled (84) Yom (Days)".
Thus, due to the significance of this meal we try and make it stretch into other meals and dishes.
Garlic and sugar are two foods that basically never spoil and can thus be stored for a long time for use in another dish.
Thus, the minhag developed to give these out at the special occasion of the Pidyon Haben.
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The world is full of questions:
What's the meaning of life?
Where am I going?
What will be in the end?
How should I live my life?
Will I be happy?
The list is endless...
The drastic and seemingly unfair differences between one person's life and another's frequently perplexes us.
One person seems to glide on easy street while another person lives a life of excruciating hardships.
One person is born with strength and perfect health while another person is feeble and crippled.
One is rich, yet another is poor.
A kind person that never harmed a flea dies young, while a ruthless tyrant reigns until a ripe old age. Why?
Those who ask the most questions are the ones who suffer the most....
Submitted by Chanaleh; Taken from "The Garden of Emunah"
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