Basic Concepts
What is a מלאכה?
Creative work
What does דאורייתא mean?
From the Torah
Which category includes baking bread?
Making food
What does בישול mean?
Cooking
True or False: Every hard job is a מלאכה.
False
How many מלאכות are there?
39 (ל"ט)
What does דרבנן mean?
From the Rabbis
Which category includes sewing?
Making clothing
What is בישול אחר בישול?
Cooking after cooking
True or False: Every מלאכה is physically difficult.
False
What is the source of the ל"ט מלאכות?
Building the Mishkan
What does מחלוקת mean?
Disagreement
Which category includes writing a letter?
Writing
What two types of food often have different reheating rules?
Solids and liquids
Who are two Rabbis whose opinions you need to know about reheating food?
Rav Ovadia Yosef and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Is creative work necessarily hard work?
No
What does כלי הפוך mean?
An inverted pan
Which category includes building a house?
Building
What is the difference between a covered and uncovered fire?
A covered fire is covered before Shabbat (such as a plata or blech); an uncovered fire is not.
What does the שולחן ערוך provide regarding reheating food?
The halachic ruling/law.
Why do the מלאכות still matter today?
They are the types of creative work prohibited on Shabbat because they were used in building the Mishkan.
What is היד סולדת בו?
The temperature at which a person's hand would pull away because it feels like it could burn.
Name all 6 categories of מלאכות.
Making food, making clothing, making leather/parchment, writing, building, carrying
What concern led the Rabbis to make restrictions on leaving food on a heat source before Shabbat?
They were concerned someone might adjust the heat on Shabbat.
What is the connection between Shabbat and the Mishkan?
The 39 forms of creative work used in building the Mishkan are prohibited on Shabbat.