Positive Commandment #116 of 613
Hear the ram's horn on the Feast of Trumpets
Commandment #116 — a positive obligation from Numbers 29:1, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets.”
— Numbers 29:1
Hebrew
א וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ, מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם--כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה, לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ: יוֹם תְּרוּעָה, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
1 Καὶ τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς ἐπίκλητος ἁγία ἔσται ὑμῖν, πᾶν ἔργον λατρευτὸν οὐ ποιήσετε· ἡμέρα σημασίας ἔσται ὑμῖν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 29
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Pinchas
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #405
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesShofar, Sukkar, and Lulav
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#88: Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 20:10
#89: The court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath
Exodus 35:3
#90: Do not walk outside the city boundary on the Sabbath
Exodus 16:29
#91: Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Exodus 20:8
#92: Do not do prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
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