We are beginning siman 2. The Chayei Adam begins with a case of a garment which has pleats in it. The pleats were stitched in place, but they began to come loose and the person wants to re-stitch them back into place. The Chayei Adam concludes that one would be chayav for tofeir. One of […]

  We are beginning siman 1. We learned that in order for tofeir to be chayav mideoraysa, the stitching must have some level of stability and permanence. Thus, the Chayei Adam begins by stating that the melacha of tofeir is chayav together with the fact that it is tied at the end with a kesher.  […]

  We are beginning Klal 28, which discusses the melacha of tofeir. We will begin with an introduction.   Tofeir is sewing, which is defined as taking two units and sewing them together to create one entity. The Rambam points out that a toldah of tofeir is gluing two items together. This melacha was found […]