Camping in the desert and games with geometry.

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Poles, beams and mathematics. Did the rabbis know the value of Pi and can you write a legal document on a cow?

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Poles, beams and bricks. Psychological boundaries between the public and the private.

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The tractate of Eruvin begins with definitions of "private"and "public" which are, intriguingly, slightly different from the legal definitions of "private" and "public" that we would recognise today.

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The tractate of Shabbat closes with a discussion of acts which are required for the purposes of a mitzvah but are not, strictly speaking, acts of creation in line with the 39 archetypal categories of "work" outlined in Chapter 7.

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Taking care of our animals on shabbat!

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As we approach the end of the tractate of Shabbat, we consider questions of life and death. Interestingly, the tractate of Berachot does the same at its close.

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Business on shabbat? Check out activities which are close to the edge.

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Water, water! More questions on the use of water on Shabbat, for cooling, heating or bathing.

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Liquids! Squeezing fruit, letting it ooze, breaking a jug to get out the contents, using hot water to heat up food.

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