1)
It is prohibited to connect two parts of a utensil to each other in a
way that will be considered strong and permanent, and doing so is a
biblical prohibition of Boneh [and/or Makeh B'Patish].
The definition of "permanent connection" is that the two individual pieces that were combined are now considered one unit.
Some
examples of prohibited connectors are screws, nails, tacks, glue or
similar items, and sometimes it can be prohibited without a connector
agent as well if the two parts are connected very with force to or into
each other in a way that it can stay connected permanently. (See Rashi to Shabbos 47b Dibur Hamaschil Yitoka and Rambam Hilchos Shabbos Perek 10:13)
2)
One who takes apart an assembled utensil (of a variety that is
prohibited to put together on Shabbos) has transgressed the biblical
Melacha of Soser, destroying, provided that the purpose of taking it
apart was to re-assemble it or for another nondestructive purpose.(See Rambam Hilchos Shabbos Perek 10:15 and Biur Halacha Siman 340:14 Dibur Hamaschil V'lo)
If
it was disassembled ina destructive fashion (mekalkel), although not a
biblical transgression, it is still prohibited rabbinically.
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Reader's Question:
I
am looking for a little bit of the background or wording to the gemara
about how one can be mispallel for someone elses shidduch and that
someone can get engaged during times seemingly not appropriate for
engagement because "shemah yikadmu acher vyickach osah".
Answer:
Talmud Moed Katan 18b says "Mutar L'Ares Isha B'Cholo Shel Moed -One may get engaged to a girl on Chol HaMoed lest someone else come along and get engaged to her first"
The Talmud Yerushalmi Beitza Perek 5 Halacha 2 has the text as "shema Yekadmenu Acher B'Tefila- someone may get her first via prayer".
However,
the Talmud there says that one who usurps someone's intended wife via
prayer, the marriage will not last (i.e. one of them will die, as per
the commentary of the Korban HaEidah there)
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