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Rules of
Rabbi Ishmael. The same term
melakha ["work"] is used in both places:
Genesis 2:1–3 uses the term
melakha in
reference to the Creation: Heaven...
- is a non-Jew who is emplo**** by Jews to
perform certain types of work (
melakha) that
Jewish religious law (halakha)
prohibits a Jew from
doing on the...
- days.
Melakha is most
commonly translated as "work";
perhaps a
better translation is "creative-constructive work".
Strictly speaking,
melakha is defined...
- Mi’tzad [with
respect to]
Hilchos Shabbos,
there is no
question of any
melakha [forbidden act]
being done by
using that switch. Mi’tzad
sheini [on the...
- to
define them. For example, the
prohibition to do any "creative work" (
melakha) on the Sabbath,
which is
given no
definition in the Torah, is
given a...
- all the
Torah scrolls are
carried around in
seven circuits (hakafot);
melakha (work) is
prohibited Date 22nd (outside of
Israel 23rd) day of Tishrei...
-
second of the
month (seemingly
because writing was
considered a
forbidden melakha). In the
Second Temple period, too, Rosh ****sh was
considered a day of...
-
between home and the synagogue, thus
inadvertently violating a
Sabbath melakha.
Another rare and
limited form of
takkanah involved overriding Torah prohibitions...
- to have long ago; additionally,
impregnating one's wife is
considered melakha (forbidden work).
Their prayer books are
composed almost completely of...
- one of the avot
melakha were
added to the prohibition. Shevut,
referring to "rest" from acts that are not
within the
definition of
melakha but are considered...
