Zoreh - Winnowing

Zoreh - Winnowing Day: Monday Date: November 10, 2014 Parshat: Hayei Sarah Yalkut Yosef: 319 In memory of Ettel bat Harav Chaim Shalom. Zoreh, or Winnowing, is the sixth Melacha of the 39 Melachot which are forbidden on Shabbat (Shabbat Ch. 7, Mishnah 2). In the olden days, after harvesting and threshing their wheat, the farmers would be left with a mix of wheat kernels and their skins which had been opened during the threshing process. In order to separate them, the farmer would scoop them up and toss them into the air. The skins, or chaff, being light, would float away while the kernerls, being heavy, would fall back down to the ground. This is also the meaning of the pasuk in Tehillim (35:5) that some people say at the end of the Amida regarding the enemies of Am Yisrael. "May they be like chaff in the wind, which the angel of HaShem pushes them away." Indeed, may HaShem cause the plans of the enemies of the Torah to be blown away and never be seen again. The DSH is brought to you in memory of Rabbi Mordechai ben Daniel. Please visit us online at sephardichalacha.org