Dancing on Shabbat
What kind of dancing, if any, is permitted on Shabbat? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores dancing in the synagogue, at home, or in the streets on Shabbat.
Dancing on Shabbat: Dancing on Shabbat
The Mishna prohibits dancing on Shabbat and Yom Tov lest one come to fix a musical instrument.
According to the Tosafot, we no longer need to be concerned that dancing will lead fixing an instrument and the halacha should change accordingly and dancing should be permitted.
Here we have an example of a halacha whose original reason seems no longer to be valid, opening the question of whether the bottom-line halacha should be changed.
This series will focus on the approaches of the principal poskim to this question.
A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain these sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.