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Hilchot Shabbat - פרק י״ג
Perek י״ג: The Mechanics of Carrying
Building on the domains established in the previous Perek, this Perek works through the detailed technical rules …
1 week, 3 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק י״ב
Perek י״ב: Fire and the First Laws of Carrying
This Perek opens with the two labors of fire: kindling even the smallest flame and extinguishing one, i…
1 week, 4 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק י״א
Perek י״א: From Hide to Parchment, Pen to Page
This Perek covers a cluster of Melachot tied to processing animal hides, trapping, slaughtering, skinni…
1 week, 5 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק י
Perek י: Tying, Writing, and Building
This Perek gathers a cluster of distinct Melachot: tying and untying knots, tearing, writing and erasing, and bu…
1 week, 6 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק ט
Perek ט: From Fleece to Thread
Continuing the theme, this Perek covers the labors involved in producing cloth: shearing wool, washing, combing, dyeing…
2 weeks ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק ח
Perek ח: From Field to Loaf
This Perek works through the eleven labors involved in producing bread, plowing, sowing, reaping, gathering, threshing, wi…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק ז
Perek ז: The Full List of Thirty-Nine
Here the Rambam finally lays out the thirty-nine categories of forbidden labor themselves, along with the rules …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק ו (ב)
Perek ו: Asking a Gentile to Help
Can a Jew ask a non-Jew to perform work on Shabbat on their behalf? This Perek covers the rules of Amirah L'Akum, wh…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק ו (א)
Perek ו: Asking a Gentile to Help
Can a Jew ask a non-Jew to perform work on Shabbat on their behalf? This Perek covers the rules of Amirah L'Akum, wh…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Hilchot Shabbat - פרק ה
Perek ה: Kindling the Shabbat Lights
This Perek covers the definition of Bein HaShmashot, the twilight period whose status as day or night is delibera…
3 weeks ago