• The 39 Melakhot (Hebrew: ל״ט אבות מלאכה, lamed-tet avot melakhah, "39 categories of work") are thirty-nine categories of activity which Jewish law identifies...
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    Shabbat and the biblical festivals is the requirement to refrain from the 39 Melakhot on these days. Melakha is most commonly translated as "work"; perhaps...
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    exercises control or dominion over one's environment. In addition to the 39 melakhot, additional activities were prohibited by the rabbis for various reasons...
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    Bennett, regarding the melakhot on both Shabbat and Yom Tov. Minchat Chinuch, which contains a section discussing the 39 melakhot of Shabbat in the discussion...
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  • lulav. 39 Melakhot, the activities prohibited on Shabbat also Muktzah, Muktza, Muktze, Muqtzeh, Muqtzah, Muqtza, Muqtze. Rabbi Baruch Chait The 39 Avoth...
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    that the words "These are the words" in Exodus 35:1 referred to the 39 Melakhot that God taught Moses at Mount Sinai. Similarly, Hanina bar Hama said...
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  • between home and the synagogue, thus inadvertently violating one of the 39 Melakhot, a greater sin than neglecting the banned mitzvah. Another rare and limited...
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    Conservative authorities rule that there are 39 prohibited activities of work (referred to as "melakhot"), such as turning electric devices on or off...
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