<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:40 AM, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">A friend asked an interesting question: Why isn't mining among the Avos Melachos?<br>
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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?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Was there actually gold to be mined in the Sinai desert? Or was all of
the gold previously mined by the Egyptians? <br><br>
Smelting should be forbidden, but it is already through other melachot.<br><br>~Liron<br></div></div><div style="visibility: hidden; display: inline;" id="avg_ls_inline_popup"></div><style type="text/css">#avg_ls_inline_popup { position:absolute; z-index:9999; padding: 0px 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 240px; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word; color: black; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; line-height: 13px;}</style>