Week 26 · Shabbat
Melachah: The System and Food Preparation
Questions 443–461
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 443–461 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Av and toldah; Torah and rabbinic prohibitions; borer; cooking; tea; squeezing; warming food.
Required reading
Donin on Shabbat; a current Orthodox Shabbat manual approved by the rabbi; siddur sections for Kabbalat Shabbat, Kiddush, services, and Havdalah.
Practical observance
Classify ten kitchen scenarios and practice permitted food preparation before and during Shabbat.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: following Shabbat Hebrew with a bilingual siddur. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 443–461; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Use principles—not guesses—to analyze unfamiliar Shabbat cases.