1) A tray that is attached to a child's high-chair may be attached and detached as long as it doesn't take much effort to do so (i.e. a push of a button and it slides right in/out).
If the tray requires strength to attach/detach, according to some Poskim it may be prohibited to do so on Shabbos, while many Poskim allow this as well, as this is the intended way of using this tray and thus it isn't considered Boneh. (See Orchos Shabbos page 287 footnote 82)
2) It is permitted to screw on the top of a salt shaker as well as the cover of a baby's bottle on Shabbos, even if fastening it very tightly.
Many Poskim permit the assembly of Lego pieces on Shabbos even if they are assembled very tightly and even if the item constructed is not broken apart right away. (Ruling of Rav Shlomo Zalmen Auerbach Zatzal and YBL"C HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Shlita, HaRav NissimKarelitz Shlita and others; see Orchos Shabbos page 287 footnote 86 where he writes that Rav Shlomo Zalmen permitted it but discouraged it nonetheless especially for adults. See also "The Shabbos Home" by Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen Shlita Vol. 2 page 426 footnote 53)
Other Poskim are stringent and prohibit anyone above the age of Chinuch from assembling Lego on Shabbos. (Ruling of Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Shlita quoted in Sefer Ashrei HaIsh; Shabbos Page 231-232 and in Orchos Shabbos ibid. See also Shu"t Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 5 Siman 22:27 that one should not give children building toys such as Legos to play with on Shabbos, however they aren't Muktzeh as the children take them on their own to play with.)
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Reader's Question:
Can you please share with us the reason(s) for dipping the bread in salt 3 times? Why not just once? Is this associated with actions of sacrifice in the Bais HaMikdash?
Answer:
This is based on Kabalistic teachings, quoted in Mishna Berura Siman 167:33
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זכר צדיקים וקדושים לברכה
If Moshiach didn't come in the generations of such men as Dovid and Shlomo Hamelech why should he come now?
The answer is that when a king wishes to capture a city, he first sends in his best troops, to be sure that he has the manpower necessary to take the city.
Once the city has been taken,however, and there is a need to clear all the rubble before rebuilding, even the lowliest troops can be used.
Our generation is that generation which will rebuild the city after the previous generations have already captured it for us.
Rav Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg Zaztal quoted in Sefer Torah Tavlin
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