Is inserting one piece of wood firmly into another (tokea etz b'etz) on Shabbat a biblical prohibition?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that inserting wood into wood—whether by nail or by direct fitting until they unite—is a toldah (subcategory) of the melacha of boneh, liable as a biblical violation.
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