D'var Halacha

We are beginning siman 3. The Chayei Adam writes that cutting letters from a piece of hide or leather is included in the issur deoraysa of koseiv. However, rosheim, which is using a blunt instrument to make impressions in leather (without cutting it), is not chayav. The reason one is not chayav is because nothing

  We have finished siman 1, and need to clarify one point. The Chayei Adam wrote that reshima is chayav. The Gemara explains that reshima refers to making a symbol as a signature instead of writing one’s name. For example, Rav would make a picture of a fish instead of signing his name. This symbol

  We are continuing in an introduction to Klal 37, the melacha of koseiv. In the previous shiur, we learned that combining letters to create words is not koseiv, because the melacha of koseiv is specifically creating the letters. However, there is a way to create letters which would mistakenly be excluded based on that

    We are beginning Klal 37, which discusses the melacha of koseiv, writing. The source for this melacha is that the kerashim (the wooden beams) outside of the Mishkan would be labeled in order to identify that they were put back in the same place every time they were moved. This was done to