Talmud Bavli Shabbat on Fear as Prerequisite to the Study of the Six Orders of the Mishnah

"Reish Lakish said: What is implied by that which is written: 'The stability of your time and the strength of salvation is wisdom and knowledge; the fear of God is in His storehouse' (Isaiah 33:6)? 'Stability' - this refers to Seder Zera'im; 'your time' - this refers to Seder Mo'ed; 'the strength' - this refers to Seder Nashim; 'salvation' - this refers to Seder Nezikin; 'wisdom' - this refers to Seder Kodashim; 'and knowledge' - this refers to Seder Toharot. But even so, 'the fear of God is in His storehouse.'"

-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 31a

Talmud Bavli Shabbat on Fear as Prerequisite to Torah Knowledge

"Rabbah bar Rav Huna said: Any person who has acquired for himself Torah knowledge, but has not acquired for himself the fear of Heaven is comparable to a treasurer to whom the keys to the inner chambers have been handed, whereas the keys to the outer chambers were not handed to him. How can such a treasurer possibly gain entrance to either the inner or the outer chambers?"

-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 31a-b

Beit & Shabbat

Beit: first letter of Torah,
Beit: second letter of Alef-Beit.

Beit = BYT = 2+10+400 = 412 = 7,
Beit = 'house'.

A house defines inside,
and defines outside.

Work: outer processing,
Rest: inner processing.

Six days of outer processing,
One day of inner processing.

The completion of the outer Beit is Shabbat,
Shabbat is the beginning of the inner Beit.

The house is prepared to dwell inside,
The bride is welcomed into her home.

-- S.A.O.

Talmud Bavli Shabbat on One Who Swallowed a Snake

"One who swallowed a snake should be fed hops with salt, and be made to run for three mils.

"There are those who report that Rav Shimi bar Ashi swallwed a snake. The prophet Elijah came and appeared to him as a horseman. He made him eat hops with salt, and he made him run in front of him for three mils. The snake came out of him in pieces."

-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 109b

Talmud Bavli Shabbat on Converting to be Appointed as Kohen Gadol

"There was an incident involving a certain gentile who was once walking past the rear of a study hall when he heard the voice of the teacher reciting the following verse to his class of students: 'These are the vestments that they shall make: a breastplate and an ephod...' (Exodus 28:4). The gentile stopped and said to the class: 'These lavish garments, what are they for?' The students replied to him: 'They are for the Kohen Gadol'. The gentile said to himself: 'I will go and covert so that they will appoint me as the Kohen Gadol!'

"So the gentile came before Shammai and said to him: 'Convert me on the condition that you have me appointed as Kohen Gadol.' Shammai pushed him aside with the ruler he was holding in his hand. Undeterred, the gentile came before Hillel and presented him with the same request, and Hillel converted him."

-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 31a

Talmud Bavli Shabbat on the 39 Forbidden Labors and the Construction of the Mishkan

"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"