In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #20, which is rest from work on Shabbat.
- This positive mitzva has a corresponding negative mitzva of "not to work on Shabbat."
- Work is referred to as melacha, or melachot in plural.
- At a high level, a melacha is defined as an activity performed in the construction of the Mishkan, or the traveling Temple that the Jewish people had in the desert.
- There are also many subcategories, which were not necessarily performed in the construction of the Mishkan, but they are similar enough to be considered a melacha.
- There are 39 main melachot and many more subcategories.
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