Shulchan Aruch (Weiss Edition) Volume 6

HILCHOS SHABBOS and HILCHOS ERUVIN Sections 328-408

Introduction to Sections 328-331

328. The Laws Governing [Care for] the Sick on Shabbos

329. For Whose Sake May the Shabbos Be Desecrated

330. The Laws Governing a Woman in Childbirth on Shabbos

331. The Laws Governing Circumcision on Shabbos

332. Not to Deliver an Animal on Shabbos

333. Not to Empty a Storage Place on Shabbos

334. The Laws Pertaining to [Saving Possessions from] a Fire on Shabbos

335. The Laws Pertaining to a Barrel that Breaks [on Shabbos]

336. Whether It Is Permitted to Walk on Grass or [Climb] a Tree [on Shabbos]

337. The Laws Pertaining to Sweeping One’s House [on Shabbos] and Performing [Forbidden Labors] Unintentionally

338. Activities Forbidden on Shabbos because They Produce [Musical] Sounds

339. Several Individual Laws [Regarding Restrictions] That Are Observed on Shabbos

340. Several Laws Regarding Matters Prohibited on Shabbos since They Resemble Derivatives of Primary Categories [of Forbidden Labor]

341. The Release of Vows on Shabbos

342. During Bein Hashmashos, One May Perform Acts Forbidden by Our Sages Due to Prohibitive Decrees

343. Laws Applying to a Minor on Shabbos

344. The Laws Governing How One Who [Has Lost Track of the Days While] Traveling in the Desert [Should Conduct Himself] on Shabbos

THE LAWS OF ERUVIN

345. The Laws Governing the Four Types of Shabbos Domains

346. The Laws Governing Eruvin According to Scriptural Law

347. When One is Liable for Removing [an Object from a Domain] According to Scriptural Law

348. The Laws Pertaining to One Who Extends a Utensil from One Domain to Another

349. The Laws Pertaining to the Four Cubits [Granted a Person] in the Public Domain

350. The Laws that Apply When One Extends His Head and the Majority of His Body from One Domain to Another

351. The Laws Applying to One Who Extends His Hand to a Gutter or Drainpipe in the Public Domain to Drink

352. [The Laws that Apply When] One Reads a Scroll and It Rolls Out from One Domain to Another

353. The Laws that Apply to Projections [that Jut Out] into the Public Domain

354. The Laws that Apply To a Cistern and a Rubbish Dump Located in a Public Domain

355. The Laws That Apply to a Balcony and an Outhouse

356. The Laws that Apply to an Irrigation Ditch that Passes through a Courtyard

357. The Laws That Apply to a Courtyard That Is Less than Four Cubits [by Four Cubits] and to a Gutter

358. The Laws [Clarifying] Which Places Are Defined As Enclosed for [the Purpose of] Human Habitation

359. The Laws [Governing] a Plot of Land behind Homes

360. The Laws [Governing the Construction of] Barriers [to Enable Carrying] on Shabbos

361. The Laws [Governing] a Roof that Borders on a Public Domain

362. Which Partitions are Defined as Walls [to Permit] Carrying [within their Confines]

363. The Laws Governing a Lane and a Lechi

364. The Laws Governing a Lane that is Open on Both Ends and [a Lane] that is Constructed Like a Centipede

365. The Laws Governing a Lane in which an Opening was Made

366. The Laws Governing the Establishment of an Eruv for a Courtyard With Many Residents

367. The Law Governing Whether a Woman may Establish an Eruv

368. [The Laws that Apply] if an Eruv Became Invalid After having been Established

369. The Manner in which [a Person] is Granted a Share in an Eruv

370. The Laws [Governing] Participation in an Eruv

371. [The Laws that Apply] When One of the Residents of a Courtyard Leaves or Dies

372. The Laws Applying to Shared Living Spaces [with Regard] to an Eruv

373. The Laws Applying to Two Balconies [Protruding] From Two Lofts

374. [The Laws That Apply When] the Entrance or Window on which an Eruv Depends Becomes Sealed on Shabbos

375. The Entities that Do Not Cause [Carrying] to be Forbidden When They are Located in a Courtyard

376. [The Laws Pertaining to] a Cistern and a Well Between Two Courtyards

377. [The Laws Pertaining to] Two Lofts that Face Each Other and Open to a [Common] Courtyard

378. The Laws [that Apply When] Courtyards Open to Each Other

379. The Laws [that Apply When] There are Houses Between Courtyards

380. The Laws [Governing] The Nullification of One’s Domain

381. The Laws [Governing] One Who Nullifies [His Rights] to His Domain and then Transgresses and Brings [an Article] Out [to that Domain]

382. Whether the Residence of a Non-Jew Prevents [the Establishment of] an Eruv

383. [Renting the Rights of] a Non-Jew is Not Required When He is Not at Home [on Shabbos] . . .

384. Whether a Non-Jewish Guest [Can] Disqualify [an Eruv]

385. The Laws Applying to a Sadducee and an Apostate Regarding an Eruv

386. The Laws [Pertaining to the Establishment of] a Shared Eruv [for the Residents of a Lane]

387. The Requirement that the Participants in a Shituf for a Lane Establish Eruvin in Their [Respective] Courtyards

388. The Laws [that Apply When the Residents of] Courtyards Did Not Establish Eruvin, Nor was a Shituf Established for a Lane

389. [The Laws that Apply When] a Non-Jew Has a Window that Opens to a Lane

390. [The Laws Pertaining to] a Lane in Which a Non-Jew Lives on One End and a Jew [Lives] on the Other End

391. The Laws [Pertaining to] the Nullification of One’s Rights in Favor of those Who Forgot to Join in an Eruv

392. The Laws [Governing the Establishment of] Eruvin for Towns [and Cities]

393. The Laws [Governing the Establishment of] an Eruv When a Festival Falls on Friday and the Laws [Governing the Establishment of] an Eruv [During] Bein Hashmashos

394. The Laws that Apply When the Validity of an Eruv is in Doubt

395. The Laws [Governing] the Blessing [Recited When Establishing] an Eruv

THE LAWS OF ERUVEI TECHUMIN

396. The Laws Governing the “Four Cubits” Granted to Each Person on Shabbos

397. The Laws Governing the Shabbos Place [Granted to] A Person and His Articles; [the License to] Proceed 2000 Cubits

398. The Laws Governing How the 2000 Cubits [of the Shabbos Limits] are Measured

399. With What Are the Shabbos Limits Measured; the Measurement of [Different Types of] Places; Who May Perform the Measurement

400. [The Laws Pertaining to] A Traveler Who Sat Down to Rest [in the Middle of his Journey] Without Knowing Whether or Not He is Within the Shabbos Limits [of a Town]

401. [That] a Person who was Sleeping while on a Journey [when the Shabbos Commenced] is Granted 2000 Cubits in All Directions [from the Place where He was Located]

402. The Laws that Apply to a Trench Filled with Water [Located] Between the Shabbos Limits of Two [Towns]

403. The Laws Applying to a Group of Fields that Non-Jews Enclosed [on Shabbos]

404. The Laws Governing Whether [the Prohibition against Going Beyond] the Shabbos Limits Applies Ten Handbreadths Above [the Ground]

405. The Laws Governing One Who Goes Beyond His Shabbos Limits

406. [The Laws Applying to a Person] Who Unknowingly Went Beyond His Shabbos Limits

407. The Individuals Granted License to Go Beyond Their Shabbos Limits

408. The Laws Applying to Depositing [Food for] an Eruv [Techumin] and Establishing a Shabbos Place

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