by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin Shabbos is sanctified as a day to be devoted to spiritual pursuits. Anything that is only usable for weekday activities is muktzeh , which means that it is prohibited to move it (though not to touch it). For example, sticks and stones are muktzeh on Shabbos, since there is, generally speaking, no use for them that is permissible on Shabbos. By the same token, there is a general rule that animals are muktzeh on Shabbos, due to their not having any value that is...

Swordfish: The Fish of Legends Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin The Fish of Popular Legend and Halachic Myth The swordfish is one of the most...

You can buy kosher locusts, ready to eat, from The Biblical Museum of Natural History at this link ! Plagues of Locust Locusts most...