{"id":44661,"date":"2017-10-16T16:33:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=44661"},"modified":"2017-11-27T09:38:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T09:38:56","slug":"melacha-23-tofeir-sewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/melacha-23-tofeir-sewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Melacha #23 \u2013 Tofeir (Sewing)"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-6552\" class=\"post post-6552 halacha type-halacha status-publish format-standard hentry halacha-series-the-39-melachos\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Mishkan was draped with a series of coverings. The coverings were made of individual panels that were sewn together into two large tapestries that were then joined by clasps. Connecting the individual panels one to another required sewing, which is the melacha of tofeir.<\/p>\n<p>Tofeir entails joining any two objects together, not just through a needle and thread. Using staples, tape or glue would also be considered the melacha of tofeir. (In some cases, when objects are not meant to remain connected for a long period of time, sticking them together might be permissible. A practical example of this might be diapers with Velcro-like adhesive tabs.)<\/p>\n<p>Closing the front of garment with buttons or zippers is not tofeir, as it doesn\u2019t join two separate pieces into one. As there are many types of fasteners \u2013 refrigerator magnets, stickers, safety pins, Post-It notes, etc. \u2013 it is advisable to familiarize oneself with the details of this surprisingly common melacha in order to know which are permissible and which are not.<\/p>\n<p><i>This is just an introduction to the concepts of the melacha of tofeir; it is not a substitute for a full study of the halachos.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mishkan was draped with a series of coverings. The coverings were made of individual panels that were sewn together into two large tapestries that were then joined by clasps. Connecting the individual panels one to another required sewing, which is the melacha of tofeir. Tofeir entails joining any two objects together, not just through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":36739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shabbat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Melacha #23 \u2013 Tofeir (Sewing) - Jewish Holidays<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tofeir (sewing) entails joining any two objects together, not just via needle and thread. 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