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==Brushing Teeth on Shabbat==
==Brushing Teeth on Shabbat==
===Mimareach===
===Mimareach===
The Mishnah is Shabbat (73a) lists Mimachek as one of the avot melacha-scraping, removing a surface to leave a smooth remainder (sandpaper, scraping hairs off a piece of leather to make it smooth)
The Mishnah is Shabbat (73a) lists Mimachek as one of the avot melacha-scraping, removing a surface to leave a smooth remainder (sandpaper, scraping hairs off a piece of leather to make it smooth)
Mimareach-smoothing not by eliminating surface, but by spreading something over the surface. <ref> (Rambam Hilchot Shabbat 11:5,6) </ref>
Mimareach-smoothing not by eliminating surface, but by spreading something over the surface. <ref> (Rambam Hilchot Shabbat 11:5,6) </ref>