[Avodah] Mining on Shabbos

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:40 AM, kennethgmiller at juno.com <
kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:

> A friend asked an interesting question: Why isn't mining among the Avos
> Melachos?
>
> If the melachos are derived or defined as those actions which were
> necessary for building the Mishkan, and the Mishkan used a lot of gold,
> silver, and brass, then wouldn't the acquiring of such metals be an Av
> Melacha?
>

Was there actually gold to be mined in the Sinai desert? Or was all of the
gold previously mined by the Egyptians?

Smelting should be forbidden, but it is already through other melachot.

~Liron
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