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VERSE: Nu28-18a

RULE: There are 4 phrases used to denote the prohibitions
of doing work on festivals/holidays. These 4 phrases
correspond to how much work is prohibited for each
holiday.


EXAMPLES*4 *5
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  In the following holidays the phrase
  SABBATH of SABBATHS occurs.

  This means ALL work is prohibited
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HOLIDAY    VERSE
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Sabbath    Ex31-15a  (Rashi)
Yom Kippur Lv23-32





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  In the following holidays there is only a requirment
  to bring special holiday sacrifices. The Bible does
  not prohibit work*1

  Therefore it is prohibited to do strenuous work or
  work where there is monetary loss in delaying
  it till after the holiday (but its ok to eg sew)
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HOLIDAY           VERSE
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Passover Days 2-6 Nu28-24
Succoth  Days 2-7 Nu29-17:35
Jewish New Year   Lv23-25




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     In the following holidays the following phrases
     occur:
       (a) SABBATH*2
       (b) Holy day
       (c) ALL work should not be done
     Therefore we
     (a) are allowed to cook (explicitly said Ex12-16)
     (b) are prohibited to do work; and EVEN prohibited
     (c) from work like sewing a torn garment*3
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HOLIDAY          VERSE
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Passover  Day 1  Nu28-18
Passover  Day 7  Nu28-25
Shavuoth         Nu28-26
Succoth   Day 1  Nu29-12
Succoth   Day 8  Nu29-35





NOTES
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*1 But the phrases SABBATH & "DON'T DO WORK" do not occur
*2 But the repeated phrase "Sabbath of Sabbaths" doesn't occur
*3 This comes from the word "ALL". We summarized about 40
   Rashis on the word "ALL" in Volume 6 Number 20. There
   are 4 main meanings (a) ALL cases without EXCEPTION (b)
   all PARTS (c) ALL SUBGROUPS & (d) EVEN cases you would
   have thought otherwise.

   The argument runs as follows. On Nu28-18 it says
   "ALL work should not be done on the 1st day of Passover"
   I know from Ex12-16 that we can cook on Passover.
   I also know that on the 2nd-6th day of Passover it only
   requires festival sacrifices but the Bible does NOT
   prohibit work.

   THEREFORE I might have thought that on the 1st of Passover
   that activites like sewing---ie non strenuous work which
   prevents damages---is permissable (and on the intermediate
   days of Passover there eg might be a requirement of singing
   praises to God but there is no prohibition of any work since
   the Bible does not mention any prohibition of work!)

   HENCE the Bible says ALL work should not be done. Thus
   we infer that EVEN activities like sewing and gardening
   which are non strenuous and which prevent loss are
   prohibited on the first day of Passover.
   However these activities are permitted on
   the intermediate days of Passover (when strenuous or
   non-loss work is prohibited).

   In developing this interpretation Rashi agrees with
   Rambam Laws of Holidays 7:1 who does not consider
   the prohibition of work on the intermediate days as
   Rabbinic or Biblical but rather the Rambam
   classifies the intermediate day prohibtion of work
   as SCRIBAL WITH BIBLICAL SUPPORT (ie SOFRIM). We
   have also answered the MGID MISHNAHs question on
   holidays 7:1



*4 The {LIST} developed above could not have been made
   with a CD-ROM but requires human thought. Indeed
   the {LIST} is constructed by taking all verses
   with SOME prohibition of work. Thus the query is
   SEMANTIC (based on meaning) not SYNTACTIC(based on
   spelling)

*5 Note how there is only ONE Rashi dealing with the ALL
   in "ALL work should not be done" But to properly
   understand that Rashi we must apply it to many more
   verses.


*6 I have left out the NEW MOON--the NEW MOON
   (a) has a special sacrifice
   (b) has no prohibition of work
   (c) is not called a FESTIVAL (CHAG)
   Therefore it is completely permissable to do work
   (In passing the RAMBAM on Holidays 7:1 says that
   the intermediate days are called HOLY DAYS--in
   actuality they are NEVER called HOLY DAYS but
   they are called FESTIVALS).
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