SHMIRAS SHABBOS
Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchosa (20:17) teaches: A telephone book is in the category of “kli shemelachto l’isur” and therefore, it may not be moved on Shabbos. However, it is permitted to move it on Shabbos if a person wants to search inside of it for an address that he needs on Shabbos or if he wants to use it to raise a small child who is sitting on a chair next to a table, or for other similar purposes. (This seems to imply that although a person is allowed to look up an address in the phone book on Shabbos (for a Shabbos need), he should be careful to open the phone book to the residential pages—i.e., he should not flip through the business pages).
RHYME
“humble”
RIDDLE
When building a house, one should leave a patch of a wall (one amah by one amah) opposite of the door without plaster as a zecher l’churban - a remembrance of the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash (For details of this halacha, see OC 560:1)
*Note: The answers are based only on the sources quoted and might not reflect opinions of other halachic authorities. As such, Menucha’s answer are not to be taken as final decisions in halacha, but rather as a springboard for discussions, further study, and questions to a posek, etc.
