Chayei Adam חיי אדם merged https://www.sefaria.org/Chayei_Adam This file contains merged sections from the following text versions: -Sefaria Community Translation -https://www.sefaria.org Chayei Adam Author's Introduction Shabbat and Festivals Klal 1 Klal 2 Klal 3 Klal 4 Klal 5 Klal 6 Klal 7 Klal 8 Klal 9 Klal 10 Klal 11 Klal 12 Klal 13 Klal 14 Klal 15 Klal 16 Klal 17 Klal 18 Klal 19 Klal 20 Klal 21 Klal 22 Klal 23 Klal 24 Klal 25 Klal 26 Klal 27 Klal 28 Klal 29 Klal 30 Roosters and cats and any animal that is commonly found in a home that will likely return to the home in the evening. Even when this animal leaves the home they are considered as if they are trapped and do not have an issue of trapping on Shabbos. Therefore if the animal leaves the home and you don't want it to get stolen and when you grab the animal it is pleasant and you don't have to chase after the animal, you can push it from the back (into the home) . Klal 31 Klal 32 Klal 33 Klal 34 Klal 35 Klal 36 Klal 37 Klal 38 Klal 39 Klal 40 Klal 41 Klal 42 Klal 43 Klal 44 Klal 45 Klal 46 Klal 47 Klal 48 Klal 49 Klal 50 Klal 51 Klal 52 Klal 53 Klal 54 Klal 55 Klal 56 Klal 57 Klal 58 Klal 59 Klal 60 Klal 61 Klal 62 Klal 63 Klal 64 Klal 65 Klal 66 Klal 67 Klal 68 Klal 69 Klal 70 Klal 71 Klal 72 Klal 73 Klal 74 Klal 75 Klal 76 Klal 77 Klal 78 Klal 79 Klal 80 Klal 81 Klal 82 Klal 83 Klal 84 Klal 85 Klal 86 Klal 87 Klal 88 Klal 89 Klal 90 Klal 91 Klal 92 Klal 93 Klal 94 Klal 95 Klal 96 Klal 97 Klal 98 Klal 99 Klal 100 Klal 101 Klal 102 Klal 103 Klal 104 Klal 105 Klal 106 Klal 107 Klal 108 Klal 109 Klal 110 Klal 111 Klal 112 Klal 113 Klal 114 Klal 115 Klal 116 Klal 117 Klal 118 Klal 119 Klal 120 Klal 121 Klal 122 Klal 123 Klal 124 Klal 125 Klal 126 Klal 127 Klal 128 Klal 129 Klal 130 Klal 131 Klal 132 Klal 133 Klal 134 Klal 135 Klal 136 Klal 137 Klal 138 Klal 139 Klal 140 Klal 141 Klal 142 Klal 143 Klal 144 Klal 145 Klal 146 Klal 147 Klal 148 Klal 149 Klal 150 Klal 151 Klal 152 Klal 153 Klal 154 Klal 155 Whoever has had a miracle occur for them, and all the more so the inhabitants of a city, can establish, by popular agreement, for themselves and those who come after them to make that day into a “Purim”. And it seems to me that the meal which they make to commemorate the miracle is considered at the level of a seudat mitzvah [meal with halachic weight] ... So, too, do we practice regarding the miracle which was performed for us in the year 5564, the night of the 16th of Kislev. There was death in the courtyard in which I live because of a conflagration which started from gunpowder. Several houses in the courtyard fell, including one house that was mine. In the room where my whole family was located, two half-walls and one beam fell ... Not a single one (i.e. member of the family) did not shed at least some drops of blood. G-d in His mercy and kindness considered for us the blood like a sacrifice to atone, and saved us, and all of us remained alive. Even though I suffered a great loss of several hundred adumim (a currency), G-d in His kindness substituted blood for money [lit. damim for damim]. Aside from us, there were killed, in our many sins, in my courtyard, 31 people ... And in order to tell of the wonders of G-d, as it is written (Tehillim 111:4) “He created a memorial for His wonders”, I have accepted upon myself and my descendants, without vowing, on the 16th of Kislev, since in our land it is already a day of fasting in many communities for the chevra Kadisha who do kindness, to devote at least half of it for G-d, and whoever can should fast. And on the following night, immediately after Maariv they should gather and light candles like on Yom Tov and sing the Shir HaYichud slowly and pleasantly, and the Shir HaKavod with song, and afterwards [recite] chapters of Psalms slowly ... And after this to make a meal for those who learn Torah and to give charity in accordance with the blessing of G-d, as much as one can afford.