39 Avot Melachot

Front 1

Plowing, Choreish

Back 1

Sweeping the ground

Front 2

Planting, Zoreah

Back 2

Putting flowers in a vase, emptying water on the grass

Front 3

Harvesting, Kotzair

Back 3

Picking fruit, smelling attached fruit

Front 4

Gathering, M'amair

Back 4

Gathering fallen fruit, putting together a bouquet of flowers

Front 5

Threshing, Dush

Back 5

Milking a cow, squeezing juice from a fruit

Front 6

Winnowing, Zoreh

Back 6

Blowing away nut shells, blowing dust off a table

Front 7

Selecting, Borair

Back 7

Using a sieve, sorting washed cutlery into categories

Front 8

Grinding, Tochain

Back 8

Shredding potatoes, grinding pepper

Front 9

Sifting, M'rakaid

Back 9

Sifting flour, scraping dried mud off of shoes

Front 10

Kneading, Lush

Back 10

Mixing sand and water, mixing powdered cereal with milk

Front 11

Baking, Ofeh

Back 11

Melting candles, turning on a hot water tap

Front 12

Shearing, Gozaiz

Back 12

Cutting nails, shaving

Front 13

Bleaching, M'labim

Back 13

Scrubbing clothes, hanging wet clothes on a line

Front 14

Combing, M'napaitz

Back 14

Combing through material, combing hair

Front 15

Dyeing, Tzoveah

Back 15

Dyeing clothes, painting

Front 16

Spinning, Toveh

Back 16

Making fibres into threads, twisting unravelled tzitzit

Front 17

Threading the loom, Maisech

Back 17

Weaving, knitting

Front 18

Threading the harness, Ha'oseh shnei vatai nirin

Back 18

Weaving, knitting

Front 19

Weaving, Oraig

Back 19

Weaving, crocheting

Front 20

Separating into threads, Potzeah

Back 20

Removing threads from cloth, pulling a thread from clothes

Front 21

Tying, Koshair

Back 21

Tying a permanent knot in rope, tightening a loose knot in tzitzit

Front 22

Untying, Matir

Back 22

Untying a permanent knot in rope, untying a knot in tzitzit

Front 23

Sewing, Tofair

Back 23

Joining two pieces of cloth, stapling paper together

Front 24

Tearing, Koreah

Back 24

Ripping cloth, tearing paper

Front 25

Trapping, Tzad

Back 25

Catching an animal, closing an insect in a jar, even if it can breathe

Front 26

Slaughtering, Shochait

Back 26

Killing animals, killing a bee or fly

Front 27

Marking, M'sartait

Back 27

Etching lines, folding paper to mark a line

Front 28

Cutting to shape, M'chataich

Back 28

Sharpening a pencil, cutting paper

Front 29

Skinning, Mafshit

Back 29

Separting skin from a dead animal, removing feathers from a chicken

Front 30

Tanning, M'abaid

Back 30

Salting uncooked meat, oiling leather shoes

Front 31

Writing, Kotaiv

Back 31

Creating meaningful images, writing in the sand

Front 32

Smoothing/Scraping, M'machaik

Back 32

Scraping leather, using solid soap

Front 33

Erasing, Mochaik

Back 33

Erasing or destroying writing, tearing a food wrapper with writing on it

Front 34

Building, Boneh

Back 34

Constructing or improving a structure, opening an umbrella

Front 35

Demolishing, Sotair

Back 35

Destroying a structure, breaking into a wooden box

Front 36

Kindling fire, Mav'ir

Back 36

Igniting or prolonging combustion, switching on a light

Front 37

Extinguishing fire, M'chabeh

Back 37

Putting out a fire or reducing its intensity, turning the stove to a lower temperature

Front 38

Making a final hammer blow, Makeh Vapatish

Back 38

Fixing a broken object, riding a bike (may lead to fixing)

Front 39

Carrying, Hotza'ah Mairshoot Lirshoot

Back 39

Carrying an object from one domain into another, carrying food outside the eruv