Review Questions
- What does the Torah say about working on Shabbos?
- How do we know what is considered “work?”
- How many forbidden melachos are there on Shabbos? How do we know that number?
- Why is only meleches machsheves forbidden? What is considered meleches machsheves?
- What are avos and what are tolados? What is the difference between the two?
- Why did the rabbis forbid even more activities on shabbos than the Torah does?
- Give two examples of different types of rabbinic prohibitions that were enacted regarding shabbos?
- What is “makeh bepatish?”