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The Thirty-Nine Categories of Sabbath Work

The Thirty-Nine Categories of Sabbath Work. ( Mishnah Shabbat, 7:2).

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The Thirty-Nine Categories of Sabbath Work

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  1. The Thirty-Nine Categories of Sabbath Work (Mishnah Shabbat, 7:2)

  2. 1. Carrying
2. Burning
3. Extinguishing
4. Finishing
5. Writing
6. Erasing
7. Cooking
8. Washing
9. Sewing
10. Tearing
11. Knotting
12. Untying
13. Shaping
14. Plowing
15. Planting
16. Reaping
17. Harvesting
18. Threshing
19. Winnowing
20. Selecting
21. Sifting
22. Grinding
23. Kneading
24. Combing
25. Spinning
26. Dyeing
27. Chain-stitching
28. Warping
29. Weaving
30. Unraveling
31. Building
32. Demolishing
33. Trapping
34. Shearing
35. Slaughtering
36. Skinning
37. Tanning
38. Smoothing
39. Marking

  3. A few examples of the 39 categories of Sabbath work…

  4. 8. Washing (Note 25) • This includes washing or bleaching a garment in any manner. • It also includes removing any spot or stain from clothing. • Wringing out a wet garment also falls under this heading.

  5. 34. Shearing (Note 52) • This includes removing hair, wool or feathers from any living creature. • Also included are such things as haircutting, shaving and cutting one's fingernails. Eyebrow plucking is also forbidden. • The spirit of the law also forbids the combing of hair on the Sabbath, since this normally also pulls out hairs. Using a soft brush, however, is permitted.

  6. 35. Slaughtering (Note 53) • This includes the killing of any living creature. • Swatting a fly or mosquito is also included, as is wounding or bruising an animal or human being. • Deadly snakes and wasps, which pose a danger to human life, may be killed on the Sabbath. This is another case where human life overrides all other considerations.

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