"Rabbi
Yosanan ben Achinai, Rabbi Yosanan ben Elazar, and Rabbi Chanina bar
Chama sat and pondered the following: Regarding that which we learned in
a Mishnah: 'The primary labors (melachot) are forty minus one' ─ to
what do they correspond? R. Chanina bar Chama said: 'They correspond to
the labors (avodot) of the construction of the Mishkan, [of which there
are also thirty-nine]."
-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 49b
This passage contains a secret formula. Why are the labors forbidden on Shabbat called "melachot", while the labors in the construction of the Mishkan are called "avodot"?
מלאכות = "melachot"
עבודות = "avodot"
-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 49b
This passage contains a secret formula. Why are the labors forbidden on Shabbat called "melachot", while the labors in the construction of the Mishkan are called "avodot"?
מלאכות = "melachot"
עבודות = "avodot"
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