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Mechateich (Cutting) - Breaking Down the 39 Melachot
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We’re breaking down the 39 Melachot of Shabbat. Enjoy quick, easy-to-understand videos with Rabbi Ezra Sarna, Director of OU Halacha. Stay tuned to learn more about the rest of the 39 Melachot and how they apply in our modern times!
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If you have a bag of food on Shabbat and the
company puts in a perforated line to allow you
to easily open up the bag, are you allowed
to tear on Shabbat along that perforated
line? Or let's say you have an unopened box of
tissues. Are you allowed to tear open the top,
which will tear along the perforated lines
and create a nice opening? One of the Melachot
of Shabbat is the Melacha of Mechateich, which
means cutting in a measured or exacting way.
So if ever you're tearing along perforated
lines and you're doing so in order to
create a measured and a pretty cut,
then it is not allowed. Therefore,
you are not allowed to open up a new tissue box
because cutting along the perforated lines will
create a measured cut. However, if you have a bag
and it has perforated lines, and those are really
just to make it easier to open up the bag, you
are allowed to tear along the perforated lines.