Memachaik
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Memachaik
- The Mishnah in Masechet Shabbat (73a) lists memachaik as one of the 39 Avot Melachot.
This is defined as scraping or removing a surface to leave a smooth remainder. For example, using sandpaper to smooth wood, or scraping hairs off a piece of leather to make it smooth [1]
In the Mishkan
- In the mishkan, memachaik was performed to smooth the ram’s hides by removing the hairs as part of the processing of the leather [2]
Toladot
Mimareach
One of the toladot of this melacha is mimareach-smoothing not by eliminating surface, but by spreading something over the surface. [3]
Practical Issues
Brushing Teeth
see Brushing Teeth on Shabbat
see Cosmetics page
