Sosair

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One of the 39 Melachos of Shabbos is destroying built structures, whether they be attached or detached from the ground. Regarding the Shabbos App, see The Shabbos App section.

Definition

  1. Anything that is forbidden to build is also forbidden to destroy. See page on Boneh. [1]
  2. If one destroys something shelo al menas livnos, he has not performed the melacha of sosair but has performed mekalkel. Performing a destructive melacha is usually considered Mekalkel, which is forbidden mi’derabanan, unless one does it in order to rebuild such as drilling a hole in a wall in order to insert a nail. [2]

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Sources

  1. Gemara Shabbat 122b
  2. Rambam Hilchot Shabbat 10:15 based on Gemara Shabbat 31b