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  • Question

Carrying an aquarium on Rosh Hashana
Before Rosh Hashana the gabbai purchased a small plastic aquarium for the synagogue, with a few fish for the Mitzvah of Tashlich, and put it on top of a tall cupboard so that children would not touch it. Is it permissible to move it on Rosh Hashana and put it on a table so that Tashlich may be performed?
Answer: It is permissible to move the aquarium on Shabbat and Yomtov, but specifically the simple one you mention. It is not permissible however, to move one which has electric devices.

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There are no hard and fast rules about white shirts. In general, a white shirt is considered to be a modest but respectable garment, and a person should wear clothing that is respectable.


Also, part of the day is spent standing in prayer in front of the Creator, and this certainly warrants respectable attire.


In any case, the main thing is not the external garments, but rather the spiritual ones, namely, a person’s thought, speech, and deed. Physical clothing is only a means to the end, the goal being purity of spiritual garments.

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