Upon successful completion of the learning experience, students will be able to: identify and define the major categories of Melachah (a category of work); explain criteria for determining forbidden and permissible actions on the Sabbath; analyze various scenarios to evaluate potential issues; extrapolate from the principles covered within the course to a variety of practical applications. These categories are the archetypical types of work done to build the temporary Mishkan or Holy Tent that was carried with the Jewish People as they traveled through the desert. All these activities such as weaving, forming a structure, carving, dyeing, etc. are included in the thirty-nine major categories of work forbidden on Shabbos and each category has many subcategories and blended categories.