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In this episode: I’m a graduate student in insect biology and have ants to look after. Can I do so on shabbat? (00:26) There’s a huge variety of Kashrut practices for dishwashers: some people put meat and milk together, some people have separate dishwashers for meat and milk. How did this come about and how should I think about my own dishwasher practice? (13:18) Can I use free public transport on shabbat, assuming I’m in the eruv?...

In this episode: There is a custom of burying someone with earth from the land of Israel. How did this custom come about? How old is it? Why do we do it? And is it a law or a custom? Can you use an umbrella on Yom Tov / festivals? There is no issue of carrying (unlike on Shabbat), but is there a concern of building, an act forbidden both on Shabbat and Yom Tov? I’m fostering a non-Jewish child. There is no clear expectation that my...