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    Hilkhot Shabbat - comprehensive intro

    A blueprint for the 39 melakhot and practical halakha

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    Chapter 1 · Intro & principles

    5 lessons
    1. 01Source of obligation - Shabbat in the Torah and Chazal 20 min
    2. 02Zakhor and Shamor - the two sides of the obligation 18 min
    3. 03The 39 melakhot - from the Mishkan to Shabbat 73a 25 min
    4. 04Av melakhah and toladah - the criterion 22 min
    5. 05Melekhet machshevet - the need for intent and purpose 24 min
    02

    Chapter 2 · The 39 Avot Melakhot

    12 lessons
    1. 06Bread order I - Sowing, plowing, reaping, gathering 22 min
    2. 07Bread order II - Threshing, winnowing, selecting, grinding, sifting, kneading, baking 28 min
    3. 08Garment order I - Shearing, bleaching, combing, dyeing, spinning 22 min
    4. 09Garment order II - Warping, heddles, weaving, splitting, tying, untying, sewing, tearing 26 min
    5. 10Hide order - Trapping, slaughtering, skinning, tanning, smoothing, cutting 20 min
    6. 11Writing order - Writing and erasing 20 min
    7. 12Building order - Building and demolishing 22 min
    8. 13Fire order - Kindling and extinguishing 24 min
    9. 14Makkeh be'patish - the finishing melakhah 20 min
    10. 15Hotza'ah - the "inferior" yet foundational melakhah 26 min
    11. 16Borer - deep dive into the most frequent melakhah 28 min
    12. 17Cooking and baking - stages of liability 26 min
    03

    Chapter 3 · Toladot & Rabbinic laws

    7 lessons
    1. 18Toladot - extending the melakhah 20 min
    2. 19Shvut - rabbinic prohibitions 24 min
    3. 20Muktzeh - the framework and categories 26 min
    4. 21Grama - indirect causation 22 min
    5. 22P'sik reisha - inevitable result without intent 24 min
    6. 23Two who performed it together 18 min
    7. 24An act with no intent 20 min
    04

    Chapter 4 · Practical halakha

    4 lessons
    1. 25Electricity on Shabbat - the halakhic framework 26 min
    2. 26Cooking and food prep - hot plate, pot, returning 28 min
    3. 27Childcare, medicine, life-threatening danger 26 min
    4. 28Eruv and carrying in a modern city 28 min
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