Meaning of melakhah | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.

Judaism, countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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