D'var Halacha

We are continuing in siman 2, where the Chayei Adam is discussing melachos performed with a shinui or ki’lachar yad. We left off discussing the definition of shinui, and learned that the result must be less than optimal, or even if the result is the same, the performance of the action is in some way […]

  We are continuing in siman 2, where the Chayei Adam is discussing melachos performed with a shinui or ki’lachar yad. We learned that the concept of shinui is part of the concept of meleches machsheves. In general, the principle by shinui and ki’lachar yad is that even if one is not chayav mideoraysa, it

We are continuing in siman 2, where the Chayei Adam is discussing melachos performed with a shinui. We left off learning that a melacha performed in a not-normal fashion is not chayav. The Chayei Adam gives some examples: Digging a hole, which is the melacha of choreish, is not chayav mideoraysa until one uses a