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By Batya / August 9, 2007

One of the great things about Shabbat is the basic concept, cessation of melachot, 39 specific categories of work;  It's not work in the classic, linguistic sense.

They are the creative, in the change ot another form of matter, used in constructing the Holy Temple.

We're talking about cooking, weaving, building, etc.

Twenty-five hours per week to concentrate on the spiritual.

Now to get the chicken ready for cooking and a quick swim.  I like to start early.

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  • By Batya 8/9/07 at 12:33 p.m. UTC

    How I, a resident of Shiloh, made such a mistake?  But the Mishkan was constructed while Bnai Yisrael wandered for 40 years.

    Thanks and Shabbat Shalom

  • By Anonymous 8/9/07 at 8:47 a.m. UTC

    Great explanation. It reminded me of trying to explain to a secular Jew why I couldn’t carry a prayer book on Shabbos.

    One clarififcation. I thought the Melachos referred to the Mishkan, not the Temple?

    Have a good Shabbos.

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