Oct 22, 2026 · 21 min · 8 segments
**Perek כ״א (א): Safeguards Around the Melachot** The Torah commands us to "rest" even from things that aren't technically labor, so the Chachamim added safeguards. This section covers rules built…
The word Lishbot means to stop doing Malacha.
But even things which aren't Malacha, a person has to stop doing them.
We have this concept of Shvut, which means to stop, to pause, to rest.
And there are many things that the Chachamim said are Asur because of this idea of Shvut.
And there are other types of things which are forbidden because they might cause someone to do something which would then make them It's a forbidden of forbidden labor that is the punishment is stoning.
And these activities include the following.
Anyone who levels crevices in the ground is liable because of which is plowing.
Therefore, a person cannot defecate in a field that is lying flat unless in case someone comes to level crevices.
המפנה את האוצר בשבת מפני שהוא צריך לו לדבר מצווה כגון שיחניס בו עורכים או יקבע בו מדרש.
לא יגמור את כל האוצר שם יבוא להשוות גומות.
Someone who empties a storehouse or some sort of a warehouse on Shabbat because they need the space for the sake of a mitzvah, for example, to have guests in it or to use it to learn as a Beit Midrash, shouldn't completely empty that storehouse unless they come to level these crevices that are within it.
תית שעל גבי רגלו, מקנכו בקוטל או בקורה, אבל לא בקרקע, שמה יבוא להשוות גומות.
Dirt or mud that's on someone's feet.
You can clean it off on a wall or on a beam, but you shouldn't do it on the ground in case, again, you come to level these crevices.
לא ירוק בקרקע וישוף ברגלו, שמה ישווה גומות.
Same thing with spitting on the ground.
You shouldn't spit on the ground and wipe it with your feet.
ומותר לדרוס הרוק שעל גבי הקרקע והולך לפי תומו.
but a person can step on spit that might be lying on the ground as they walk without having that specific intention.
Women who play with nuts, almonds, or things like that cannot play with them on Shabbat, in case they come to level these crevices.
A person can't sweep the ground, again, because there's concern of leveling a crevice, unless the floor is paved with stone.
Someone can sprinkle water on the ground because we're not worried that the person's going to come to level crevices because that's not what their intention is.
You can't apply oil to the floor, even if it's paved.
Nor can you blow dust from the floor.
The word Lishbot means to stop doing Malacha.
But even things which aren't Malacha, a person has to stop doing them.
We have this concept of Shvut, which means to stop, to pause, to rest.
And there are many things that the Chachamim said are Asur because of this idea of Shvut.
And there are other types of things which are forbidden because they might cause someone to do something which would then make them It's a forbidden of forbidden labor that is the punishment is stoning.
And these activities include the following.
Anyone who levels crevices in the ground is liable because of which is plowing.
Therefore, a person cannot defecate in a field that is lying flat unless in case someone comes to level crevices.
המפנה את האוצר בשבת מפני שהוא צריך לו לדבר מצווה כגון שיחניס בו עורכים או יקבע בו מדרש.
לא יגמור את כל האוצר שם יבוא להשוות גומות.
Someone who empties a storehouse or some sort of a warehouse on Shabbat because they need the space for the sake of a mitzvah, for example, to have guests in it or to use it to learn as a Beit Midrash, shouldn't completely empty that storehouse unless they come to level these crevices that are within it.
תית שעל גבי רגלו, מקנכו בקוטל או בקורה, אבל לא בקרקע, שמה יבוא להשוות גומות.
Dirt or mud that's on someone's feet.
You can clean it off on a wall or on a beam, but you shouldn't do it on the ground in case, again, you come to level these crevices.
לא ירוק בקרקע וישוף ברגלו, שמה ישווה גומות.
Same thing with spitting on the ground.
You shouldn't spit on the ground and wipe it with your feet.
ומותר לדרוס הרוק שעל גבי הקרקע והולך לפי תומו.
but a person can step on spit that might be lying on the ground as they walk without having that specific intention.
Women who play with nuts, almonds, or things like that cannot play with them on Shabbat, in case they come to level these crevices.
A person can't sweep the ground, again, because there's concern of leveling a crevice, unless the floor is paved with stone.
Someone can sprinkle water on the ground because we're not worried that the person's going to come to level crevices because that's not what their intention is.
You can't apply oil to the floor, even if it's paved.
Nor can you blow dust from the floor.
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