Week 28 · Shabbat
The 39 Melachot I: Bread and Agriculture
Questions 481–499
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 481–499 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Sowing through baking; gardening, harvesting, sorting, grinding, kneading, and cooking applications.
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
Audit the home for modern examples: plants, spice grinding, fruit picking, dough, and warming devices.
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 481–499; 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
Name the agricultural melachot and connect each to practical household cases.