Important Message Regarding This Lesson
The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides' 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the in-depth track.
Positive Commandment 154 (Digest)
Resting on Shabbat
"And on the seventh day you shall rest"—Exodus 23:12.
We are commanded to rest on the Shabbat. This commandment, which is repeated numerous times in the Torah, also applies to our livestock and slaves.
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> The 154th mitzvah is that we are commanded to rest on Shabbos.
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> The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement;), "And on the seventh day you shall rest."
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> This commandment is repeated many;) times in the Torah.
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> G‑d (exalted be He) has clearly stated that this cessation from melachah;) applies to us, our animals, and our servants.;)
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> The details of this mitzvah are explained in tractate Shabbos and also in tractate Yom Tov.;)
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> Ex. 23:12.
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> In Introductory Principle Nine, the Rambam says that there are 12 such verses. See Kapach, 5731, note 66.
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> See N320 (Lessons 39, 40).
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> Ex. 20:10.
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> Also known as Beitzah.