Commentary for Shabbat 145:9

הכותב שתי אותיות והמוחק על מנת לכתוב שתי אותיות הבונה והסותר המכבה והמבעיר המכה בפטיש המוציא מרשות לרשות הרי אלו אבות מלאכות ארבעים חסר אחת:

GRINDING, SIFTING, KNEADING, BAKING, SHEARING WOOL, BLEACHING, HACKLING, DYEING, SPINNING, STRETCHING THE THREADS,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the loom. ');">¹⁴</span> THE MAKING OF TWO MESHES, WEAVING TWO THREADS, DIVIDING TWO THREADS,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., dividing the ends of the web. ');">¹⁵</span> TYING [KNOTTING] AND UNTYING, SEWING TWO STITCHES, TEARING IN ORDER TO SEW TWO STITCHES,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where it is inconvenient to sew unless one tears the cloth first, that tearing is a primary labour. ');">¹⁶</span> CAPTURING A DEER, SLAUGHTERING, OR FLAYING, OR SALTING IT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. its skin. ');">¹⁷</span> CURING ITS HIDE, SCRAPING IT [OF ITS HAIR], CUTTING IT UP, WRITING TWO LETTERS, ERASING IN ORDER TO WRITE TWO LETTERS [OVER THE ERASURE], BUILDING, PULLING DOWN, EXTINGUISHING, KINDLING, STRIKING WITH A HAMMER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., giving the finishing blow with the hammer. ');">¹⁸</span> [AND] CARRYING OUT FROM ONE DOMAIN TO ANOTHER: THESE ARE THE FORTY PRIMARY LABOURS LESS ONE.

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