Friday, June 7, 2013

Sugyot final study guide

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Melachot Shabbat:
Definition of melacha: Creating Something
Translate each melacha:
1.      הזורע
Sowing (planting)
2.      והחורש
Plowing
3.      והקוצר
Harvesting(cutting, reaping)
4.      והמעמר
Binding Sheaves
5.      והדש
Threshing
6.      והזורה
Winnowing
7.      הבורר
Cleansing
8.      הטוחן
Grinding
9.      והמרקד
Sifting
10.  והלש
Kneading
11.  והאופה
Baking
12.  הגוזז את הצמר
Shearing Wool
13.  המלבנו
Washing
14.  והמנפצו
Beating
15.  והצובעו
Dying
16.  והטווה
Spinning
17.  והמיסך
Weaving
18.  והעושה שתי בתי נירין
Making 2 letters
19.  והאורג שני חוטין
Weaving 2 threads
20.  והפוצע שני חוטין
Separating 2 threads
21.  הקושר
Tying knots
22.  והמתיר
Loosening
23.  והתופר שתי תפירות
Sewing 2 stitches
24.  הקורע על מנת לתפור [שתי תפירות]
Tearing to sow 2 stitches
25.  הצד צבי
Hunting a deer
26.  השוחטו
Slaughtering
27.  והמפשיטו
Flaying it
28.  המולחו
Salting it
29.  והמעבד את עורו
Curing skin
30.  והממחקו
Scraping
31.  והמחתכו
Cutting it up
32.  הכותב שתי אותיות
Writing 2 letters
33.  והמוחק על מנת לכתוב שתי אותיות
Erasing in order to write 2 letters
34.  הבונה
Building
35.  והסותר
Demolish
36.  המכבה
Extinguishing
37.  והמבעיר
Kindling
38.  המכה בפטיש
Striking with hammer (fixing)
39.  המוציא מרשות לרשות
Carrying from one domain into another

2. Divide the Melachot into 4 categories, name them and note the first and last from every category:
A. Process of making bread (1-11)
B. Making clothing from wool (12-24)
C. Creating parchment (25-31)
D. Miscellaneous (32-28)

3. Definition of אב: Category (father) of melachot done in mishcan
Definition of תולדה; Subcategory (son): they relate to אב but weren’t done in mishcan

4. Examples:

איזה מלאכה?
אב תולדה או איסור דרבנן?
Watering a plant
Sowing plant/ הזורע
תולדה
Opening umbrella
הבונה/building
דרבנן
Cleaning a stain on a shirt
Washing/ המלבנו
תולדה
Killing a mosquito
Slaughter/ השוחטו
תולדה
Heating soup on stove
Baking/ והאופה
תולדה/ לבשל אב
Cutting nails
Shearing / הגוזז את הצמר
תולדה
Writing one letter
Writing/ כתוב
דרבנן
Turning on a light bulb, (flame)
Kindling / והמבעיר
אב
Carrying when no Eruv
Carrying (1 domain)/ המוציא מרשות לרשות
אב
Picking leaves from tree
Harvesting/ והקוצר
תולדה
Pumping up a flat tire
Fixing / המכה בפטיש
תולדה
Grinding garlic
Grinding/ הטוחן
תולדה

When a Melacha is done, what is the condition that it becomes a Torah (Deoreita) violation? Use the exact term and explain it:  מלאכה מחשבIt's a planned melacha'

Explain each term, and note if a Melacha is done this way is it a Deoreita/ Derabanan / nothing:
שינוי:                              
 Doing a melacha in a weird way, Derabanan ,(key in sock)
שוגג:
,Derabanan Mistake), מלאכה מחשב, Forgetting Shabbos and turn light on(
מתעסק:
,accidental (not realizing)Neither ,derabanan or deorita
מלאכה שאינה צריכה לגופה:
doing melacha not for normal purpose (turn on light to attract bugs), Derabanan

Explain the following term, and how it influences this topic:
פסיק רישא:
 Story: child separates a chicken’s head, known result of doing something that’s allowed but has a side effect that you know of (open fridge with light on that you know of)

Give an example of a case when we would use one of these options purposely: for someone who is sick but not in deathly situation: שינוי:(allowed Derabanan)


Bishul:
Definition of cooking: Preparing food from nonedible to edible with heat (and wanted format)
How cooked does something need to get in order for it to be considered cooked and a violation of Shabbat? What is the term used for this? 1/3rd of way, בן דורסאי (robber dude)
What can or cannot be warmed up on Shabbat after being fully cooked, if it is now cold?  Dry food can be recooked Ex. Dry schnitzel, beef, chicken, potato kugel) אין בישול אחר בישול
Can’t: wet things, Ex: soup, gravy, liquids
What is needed to do with the Blech when you want to warm something up? : Relate to the following:
Problem 1: שמא יחתה: play with (you might change temperature)
Solution to problem 1: Cover knobs, remove knobs, or face blech towards wall
Problem 2: it looks like you may be breaking Shabas, מיחזי כמרשל
Solution to problem 2 - describe two opinions: clarify that it’s shabbastic, or cover flame ( rav moshe Feinstein) (rav adia yosef says it’s already shabbastic)
How hot does water need to be in order to cook something: יד סולודת בוּ (113 degrees Fahrenheit) too hot for hand  
What is the difference betweenכלי ראשון  and כלי שני?
כלי ראשון: Urn- where water boiled
כלי שני: next cup, (no time to cook)- not hot, cools faster
When is a כלי שלישי needed? Minor difference between כלי שני and כלי שלישי
ספּק קלי הבישול (in macklokets between the things that cook fast)




פיקוח נפש
What is allowed to be done in a life threatening situation? Any shabat related melachot, even torah
Who can do it? Preferably rabbi’s but anybody
Explain:
חולה שיש בו סכנה: _sick with (life threatening) danger
חולה שאין בו סכנה: _sick without danger (indirect danger)
What is allowed for that case? Any derabanan (שינוי)
גזרת תרופות: No pills (derabanan) we are afraid that people will grind up their own pills


Sunday, May 19, 2013

Ice Cream in the Torah?

Where does it say Ice Cream in the Torah?

Open a Chumash and take a look!

Still Stumped?




Hint: Parshat Vayeitzei 

Need another hint?




Hint 2: Perek lamed alef or 31




HInt 3: pasuk mem, look in the unkelus and it says glidah, and the rashi for vekarach 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

More Brain Busters

Send me a tweet with your brain busters to @aviinfinity or email me at avi.pars@gmail.com
There are More Brain Busters to come.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Parsha Miketz brain buster

Question: There was an excavation by the Nile river, they found 7 cow bones, were they the skinny cows or the fat cows?

Answer: Pharaoh had a dream about the cows. they never existed.