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Potzea (Removing a Thread) - Breaking Down the 39 Melachot
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We’re breaking down the 39 Melachot of Shabbat - each in under 39 seconds. 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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You're walking in a crowded room on Shabbat
and a thread in your sweater gets snagged on
the corner of a table. Are you allowed
to pull out that snagged thread or are
you allowed to pull the edges of your sweater
so that the thread goes back into place? One
of the Melachot of Shabbat is the Melacha of
Potzea, which means removing a thread from a
weave in order to make the garment better,
and therefore you're not allowed to remove
a snagged thread from your sweater. Tugging
at the edges of your sweater in order to make
the thread go back into place is the Melacha of
Oreig and that is also not allowed on Shabbat.