Negative Commandment #97 of 613
Do not do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover
Commandment #97 — a prohibition from Leviticus 23:7, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.”
— Leviticus 23:7
Hebrew
בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ πρώτη κλητὴ ἁγία ἔσται ὑμῖν πᾶν ἔργον λατρευτὸν οὐ ποιήσετε
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #298
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesRest on Holidays
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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