{"id":9168,"date":"2000-12-01T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2000-11-30T22:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=9168"},"modified":"2019-05-14T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T09:33:31","slug":"12-01-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/12-01-04\/","title":{"rendered":"04. Shabbat and the Holidays \u2013 the Mitzvot<\/em> and Their Punishments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each of the six holidays mentioned above is the subject of a positive commandment to refrain from melakha <\/em>(constructive labor) as well as a negative commandment against melakha<\/em>. Thus, there are twelve mitzvot<\/em> pertaining to resting on Yom Tov.[1]<\/a><\/sup> In contrast, there are only two mitzvot<\/em> that deal with resting on Shabbat \u2013 a positive commandment to refrain from melakha<\/em> and a negative commandment against melakha<\/em> (Peninei Halakha:<\/em> Shabbat<\/em> 9:1). This is because every Shabbat conveys the same message, whereas each holiday has a unique meaning. Accordingly, we are commanded separately concerning each holiday.<\/p>\n

The common denominator of Shabbat and the holidays is that in both cases there is a positive commandment to refrain from melakha<\/em> as well as a negative commandment against melakha<\/em>. One who refrains from melakha<\/em> on Shabbat or Yom Tov fulfills a positive commandment, and one who engages in melakha<\/em> is both negating a positive commandment and transgressing a negative one. Because shevita<\/em> (refraining from melakha<\/em>) is a requirement not just on Shabbat but on the holidays as well, holidays are called \u201cShabbaton\u201d and occasionally even \u201cShabbat\u201d (Mena\u1e25ot<\/em> 65b).<\/p>\n

However, the severity of the restriction on melakha <\/em>is not uniform. On Shabbat, all melakha<\/em> is forbidden (see Peninei Halakha: Shabbat<\/em> 9:1-2), while on Yom Tov, domestic melakha<\/em> necessary for food preparation is permitted; the only forbidden melakha<\/em> is that which is work-related (\u201cmelekhet avoda<\/em>\u201d). The general principle is that the holier the day, the more we must submit to divine providence, and the more we refrain from melakha <\/em>(see below 3:1 and 10:7).<\/p>\n

The punishment for Shabbat desecration is also more severe than the punishment for Yom Tov desecration. On Shabbat, if one intentionally performs melakha<\/em>, despite the admonition of witnesses, the Torah-mandated punishment is death by stoning. If no witnesses are present, he is liable for karet <\/em>(excision). If he transgresses unintentionally, he must bring a sin offering (MT, Laws of Shabbat 1:1). In contrast, on Yom Tov, if one intentionally performs melakha<\/em> in front of witnesses, he receives forty lashes. If he does so unintentionally, he is not required to bring a sin offering.<\/p>\n

Another difference is that if one unintentionally transgresses several melakhot<\/em> on Shabbat during a single lapse of awareness, he must offer a separate sacrifice for each melakha<\/em> transgressed. In contrast, if one intentionally transgresses several melakhot<\/em> on Yom Tov after receiving one general warning, he incurs only one set of lashes (Makkot<\/em> 21b; MT, Laws of Yom Tov 1:3).<\/p>\n

Each festival has a unique schedule of sacrificial offerings, which differs from that of Shabbat (Bamidbar 28). There are also mitzvot<\/em> that are specific to the festival and that do not pertain to Shabbat. On Pesa\u1e25 there is a mitzva to eat matza and a prohibition against eating \u1e25ametz<\/em>. There are also many other mitzvot<\/em> on the Seder night. On Rosh Ha-shana there is a mitzva to hear the shofar. On Sukkot there is a mitzva to sit in the sukka<\/em> and to take up a lulav<\/em>. On Shavu\u2019ot and Shemini Atzeret, there are no special mitzvot<\/em>, apart from rejoicing, as the main purpose of these two holidays is to serve as an atzeret<\/em>, a joyous gathering celebrating the culmination of a process. Specifically, Shavu\u2019ot celebrates the culmination of the process beginning with the Exodus and ending in the giving of the Torah (below 13:6), and Shemini Atzeret celebrates the conclusion of the three pilgrimage festivals as well as the culmination of the process of repentance, atonement, and joy.<\/p>\n

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\n[1]<\/a>. In Vayikra chapter 23, all the festivals are mentioned along with their unique observances. Each holiday is accompanied by a positive commandment to rest and a negative commandment against melakha<\/em>. For the first and seventh days of Pesa\u1e25, see 23:7-8; for Shavu\u2019ot, 23:21; for Rosh Ha-shana, 23:24-25; for the first day of Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, 23:35-36. In chapter 28 of Bamidbar, the holidays are mentioned again. There, in addition to the prohibition on work, the offerings for each festival are mentioned. In both places, the mitzva of Shabbat precedes those of the Yom Tov, to teach us that Shabbat is the root of the sanctity of the holidays. The mitzva to rest on the first and seventh days of Pesa\u1e25 is also mentioned in Shemot 12:16 and Devarim 16:8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each of the six holidays mentioned above is the subject of a positive commandment to refrain from melakha (constructive labor) as well as a negative commandment against melakha. Thus, there are twelve mitzvot pertaining to resting on Yom Tov.[1] In contrast, there are only two mitzvot that deal with resting on Shabbat \u2013 a positive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12-01"],"yoast_head":"\n04. 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