# Mechabeh

Source: Halachipedia: Mechabeh

Link: [https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Mechabeh](https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Mechabeh)

Categories: `Orach Chaim`, `Shabbat`

Exported: 2025-12-30

## Definition
1. The melacha of mechabeh is to extinguish a flame. According to Rabbi Shimon who holds that melacha sheina tzaricha le’gufa is only a rabbinic prohibition, extinguishing a flame is only a biblical violation if one intends to use the charred wick or ashes.¹
## Links
* [The Melachot of Kindling and Extinguishing a Fire](http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/724911/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/The_Melachot_of_Kindling_and_Extinguishing_a_Fire) by Rabbi Josh Flug

## References

¹: Rashi Shabbos 30a s.v. Shma