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    Hilkhot Shabbat - comprehensive intro

    55 lessons in 8 chapters: from the 39 melakhot to muktzeh, cooking, carrying and pikuach nefesh. A study framework - not a halakhic ruling.

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    01

    Chapter 1 · Intro & principles

    8 lessons
    1. 01
      Source of obligation - Shabbat in the Torah and Chazal
      20 min
    2. 02
      Zakhor and Shamor - the two sides of the obligation
      18 min
    3. 03
      Kiddush and Havdalah - "Zakhor" in action
      18 min
    4. 04
      Shabbat candles - domestic peace and delight
      16 min
    5. 05
      Adding to Shabbat and twilight
      18 min
    6. 06
      The 39 melakhot - from the Mishkan to Shabbat 73a
      25 min
    7. 07
      Av melakhah and toladah - the criterion
      22 min
    8. 08
      Melekhet machshevet - the need for intent and purpose
      24 min
    02

    Chapter 2 · The 39 Avot Melakhot

    12 lessons
    1. 09
      Bread order I - Sowing, plowing, reaping, gathering
      22 min
    2. 10
      Bread order II - Threshing, winnowing, selecting, grinding, sifting, kneading, baking
      28 min
    3. 11
      Garment order I - Shearing, bleaching, combing, dyeing, spinning
      22 min
    4. 12
      Garment order II - Warping, heddles, weaving, splitting, tying, untying, sewing, tearing
      26 min
    5. 13
      Hide order - Trapping, slaughtering, skinning, tanning, smoothing, cutting
      20 min
    6. 14
      Writing order - Writing and erasing
      20 min
    7. 15
      Building order - Building and demolishing
      22 min
    8. 16
      Fire order - Kindling and extinguishing
      24 min
    9. 17
      Makkeh be'patish - the finishing melakhah
      20 min
    10. 18
      Hotza'ah - the "inferior" yet foundational melakhah
      26 min
    11. 19
      Borer - deep dive into the most frequent melakhah
      28 min
    12. 20
      Cooking and baking - stages of liability
      26 min
    03

    Chapter 3 · Toladot & Rabbinic laws

    9 lessons
    1. 21
      Toladot - extending the melakhah
      20 min
    2. 22
      Shvut - rabbinic prohibitions
      24 min
    3. 23
      Amirah le-nochri - instructing a non-Jew
      20 min
    4. 24
      Benefit from work done on Shabbat - ma'aseh Shabbat
      18 min
    5. 25
      Weekday activities and "pursuing your affairs"
      16 min
    6. 26
      Grama - indirect causation
      22 min
    7. 27
      P'sik reisha - inevitable result without intent
      24 min
    8. 28
      Two who performed it together
      18 min
    9. 29
      An act with no intent
      20 min
    04

    Chapter 4 · Muktzeh in depth

    6 lessons
    1. 30
      Muktzeh - the framework and categories
      26 min
    2. 31
      Utensils for forbidden vs. permitted use
      20 min
    3. 32
      Basis for a forbidden item
      18 min
    4. 33
      Muktzeh due to financial loss and inherent muktzeh
      18 min
    5. 34
      Nolad and readiness (muchan)
      16 min
    6. 35
      Graf shel re'i - removing a nuisance
      15 min
    05

    Chapter 5 · Cooking and food preparation

    7 lessons
    1. 36
      Leaving and returning food - the Kirah mishnah
      22 min
    2. 37
      First, second and third vessels
      20 min
    3. 38
      Dry and liquid - "no cooking after cooking"
      18 min
    4. 39
      Cooking and food prep - hot plate, pot, returning
      28 min
    5. 40
      Borer at the Shabbat table - three conditions
      20 min
    6. 41
      Grinding and squeezing fruits and vegetables
      18 min
    7. 42
      Kneading - thick and thin mixtures
      16 min
    06

    Chapter 6 · Carrying and techumin

    5 lessons
    1. 43
      The four Shabbat domains
      22 min
    2. 44
      Eruvei chatzerot - partnership and walls
      20 min
    3. 45
      Eruv and carrying in a modern city
      28 min
    4. 46
      Techum Shabbat and eruv techumin
      18 min
    5. 47
      Carrying via clothing and jewelry
      16 min
    07

    Chapter 7 · Practical halakha at home

    3 lessons
    1. 48
      Electricity on Shabbat - the halakhic framework
      26 min
    2. 49
      Washing, cleaning and grooming
      18 min
    3. 50
      Plants, garden and animals
      18 min
    08

    Chapter 8 · Special topics and pikuach nefesh

    5 lessons
    1. 51
      A non-dangerously ill person - the ladder of allowances
      20 min
    2. 52
      Childcare, medicine, life-threatening danger
      26 min
    3. 53
      Pikuach nefesh in depth - "and live by them"
      18 min
    4. 54
      Yom Tov and Shabbat - what is the difference?
      18 min
    5. 55
      Summary - the melakhot map and decision path
      20 min
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