{"id":10249,"date":"2014-05-07T00:02:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=10249"},"modified":"2020-09-15T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:05:15","slug":"15-07-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/15-07-02\/","title":{"rendered":"02. The Prohibition of <em>Melakha<\/em> and the Mitzva to Desist from Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a positive mitzva to refrain from <em>melakha<\/em> on Yom Kippur, as we read, \u201cIt shall be a Shabbat of complete rest for you\u201d (Vayikra 23:32). If one works on Yom Kippur, not only is he not fulfilling the positive mitzva to desist from <em>melakha<\/em>, but he is also violating the negative mitzva, \u201cYou shall do no <em>melakha<\/em> throughout that day\u201d (<em>ibid<\/em>. 23:28). Since Yom Kippur is referred to as Shabbat, the thirty-nine categories of <em>melakha<\/em> prohibited on Shabbat are also prohibited on Yom Kippur. It is only regarding punishment that there is a difference between Yom Kippur and Shabbat. While someone who knowingly undertakes <em>melakha<\/em> (in the presence of witnesses after being duly warned) is subject to stoning on Shabbat, he is subject to <em>karet<\/em> on Yom Kippur. (One who unknowingly does <em>melakha<\/em> on either day must offer a sin offering.) Thus we read (<em>ibid<\/em>. v. 30), \u201cAnd whoever does any <em>melakha<\/em> throughout that day, I will cause that person to perish from among his people\u201d (MT, Laws of Resting on the Tenth 1:1-2; SA 611:2).<\/p>\n<p>As on Shabbat, the mitzva to rest on Yom Kippur includes an obligation not to treat it as a weekday. That is, in addition to refraining from <em>melakha<\/em>, one is meant to refrain from doing burdensome activities. One must not open a store or move heavy items in preparation for weekday activities. Even though one who does so is not engaging in one of the thirty-nine <em>melakhot<\/em>, he is negating the mitzva to rest on Yom Kippur, as it is written, \u201cIt shall be a Shabbat of complete rest for you\u201d (Vayikra 23:32). The mitzva is to preserve the sanctity and character of the day. One\u2019s entire demeanor is meant to be different than on a weekday (<em>Peninei Halakha:<\/em> <em>Shabbat<\/em> 22:1). In general, all laws of Shabbat apply to Yom Kippur, and there is the additional mitzva of fasting on Yom Kippur, so it involves a more complete withdrawal from mundane affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a positive mitzva to refrain from melakha on Yom Kippur, as we read, \u201cIt shall be a Shabbat of complete rest for you\u201d (Vayikra 23:32). 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