See melakhah on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1981, Isidor Grunfeld, The Sabbath: A Guide to Its Understanding and Observance, page 59:",
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"ref": "2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 725:",
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