Kimcha DePischa, Illness on Shabbat, Use Without Permission
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Question
Shalom Rav,
I have several questions on different topics:
1. Regarding Pesach: nowadays, is one required or is it preferable to give flour or wheat for Kimcha DePischa, or is it better to give money? And if so, how much should one give?
2. Regarding pikuach nefesh on Shabbat:
a. What is considered a “high fever” for which Shabbat may be desecrated (how many degrees)?
b. The halacha is that a small child who is locked alone in a room is considered a case of pikuach nefesh. From what age is he no longer considered a “small child” for this matter?
3. Regarding theft (gezel):
Does a university, for example “Machon Lev,” object if people come to study in their Beit Midrash and use their bathrooms and the like, without being students there?
I have several questions on different topics:
1. Regarding Pesach: nowadays, is one required or is it preferable to give flour or wheat for Kimcha DePischa, or is it better to give money? And if so, how much should one give?
2. Regarding pikuach nefesh on Shabbat:
a. What is considered a “high fever” for which Shabbat may be desecrated (how many degrees)?
b. The halacha is that a small child who is locked alone in a room is considered a case of pikuach nefesh. From what age is he no longer considered a “small child” for this matter?
3. Regarding theft (gezel):
Does a university, for example “Machon Lev,” object if people come to study in their Beit Midrash and use their bathrooms and the like, without being students there?
Answer
Shalom uVracha.
1. In the time of Chazal everyone baked for themselves, and therefore when one was given flour he could benefit from it more than from money. But nowadays a private individual has no real use for flour for Pesach.
2. a. Generally, from 42°C it is considered medically dangerous. For small infants, already from 39°C. b. Until bar mitzvah.
3. You need to ask the administration or the students there.
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