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Avocados, Accordions and Addition by Subtraction: Concepts of Melacha | Hilchos Shabbas #1 (Orach Chaim simanim 301, 336)

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: August 28 2025

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Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Bava Kamma, Menachot, Moed Katan, Shabbat

Halacha:

Minchas Chinuch, Rules of Psak, Shabbat

Machshava:

Ikkarei Emunah, Shabbat

Mishna:

Avot, Shabbat

Yerushalmi:

Shabbos

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Shabbat: 3B , Shabbat: 73B , Shabbat: 96B , Menachot: 69A , Bava Kamma: 2A , Moed Katan: 2B , Bava Kamma: 60A , Shabbat: 104B

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An introduction to the concept of melacha, rooting the definition in halacha and lomdus within the machashava source.

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Avocados, Accordions and Addition by Subtraction: Concepts of Melacha | Hilchos Shabbas #1 (Orach Chaim simanim 301, 336)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Bava Kamma, Menachot, Moed Katan, Shabbat

Halacha:

Minchas Chinuch, Rules of Psak, Shabbat

Machshava:

Ikkarei Emunah, Shabbat

Mishna:

Avot, Shabbat

Yerushalmi:

Shabbos

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Shabbat: 3B , Shabbat: 73B , Shabbat: 96B , Menachot: 69A , Bava Kamma: 2A , Moed Katan: 2B , Bava Kamma: 60A , Shabbat: 104B

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Avocados, Accordions and Addition by Subtraction: Concepts of Melacha | Hilchos Shabbas #1 (Orach Chaim simanim 301, 336)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara: Bava Kamma, Menachot, Moed Katan, Shabbat Halacha: Minchas Chinuch, Rules of Psak, Shabbat Machshava: Ikkarei Emunah, Shabbat Mishna: Avot, Shabbat Yerushalmi: Shabbos

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Shabbat: 3B , Shabbat: 73B , Shabbat: 96B , Menachot: 69A , Bava Kamma: 2A , Moed Katan: 2B , Bava Kamma: 60A , Shabbat: 104B

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Gemara:

Bava Kamma, Menachot, Moed Katan, Shabbat

Halacha:

Minchas Chinuch, Rules of Psak, Shabbat

Machshava:

Ikkarei Emunah, Shabbat

Mishna:

Avot, Shabbat

Yerushalmi:

Shabbos