The gemarra Shabbos 75a seems to say that someone who traps a chilazon violated the melacha of trapping on Shabbos. Tosafos brings the Yerushalmi (7:2, 52a) that says that one doesn't violate the melacha of trapping on Shabbos if they trap a chilazon. In fact, the gemarra there brings a dispute a...

Eidim Zommemin are conspiring witnesses, which have a whole Perek of Gemara that talk about them: the first perek in Makkot. My question is: the first set says edut. The second one claims they are conspiring witnesses and with them on that date in a certain location. What happens if the first set...

How do we define the bracha of Asher Yatzar? Is it to be viewed as a bircas hashevach as the whole blessing praises Hashem's creation of the human body and the capacity to relieve oneself Or, is it more correct to deem the bracha as a bircas hane'enin as one is clearly benefitting from the proces...