Melakhah
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɛl.ə.xɑ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Melakhah is a noun meaning (Judaism) Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.
Meaning
(Judaism) Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.
More Meanings
- (Judaism) Labor in general.
Example Sentences
Thus, carrying an overcoat over one's shoulder is a melakhah, but wearing one is not.
Most categories of m'lakhah (activities prohibited on Shabbat and Yom Kippur) are also prohibited on the three pilgrimage festivals and Rosh ha-Shanah.
The Bible and even the rabbis had a highly positive view of melakhah and some even viewed it as a mitzvah. The prophet Isaiah declares that God teaches the farmers how to farm.
I originally learned that it's a problem to use the head of a match here because of the chemical reaction involved, but I'm having trouble figuring out what the melacha would be.
Word Forms
- melakhot
- melacha
- melachah
- melakha
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shabbos, chelev, shabbes goy, shabbaton, shehitah, shabbat.
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