Pinchas 29:1 · unit 1 — shofar and baking skills are wisdom not labor

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 29:1

The Complete Passuk

וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ יוֹם תְּרוּעָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם׃

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It shall be a day of teruah for you.

Chabad.org — 29:1

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Rosh Hashanah 29b

Sefaria — Rosh Hashanah 29b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנָא דְּבֵי שְׁמוּאֵל, כָּל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ, יָצְאָה תְּקִיעַת שׁוֹפָר וּרְדִיַּת הַפַּת שֶׁהֵן חָכְמָה וְלֹא מְלָאכָה.

English: The school of Shmuel taught: “you shall do no laborious work” — the sounding of the shofar and removing bread from the oven are excluded, for they are skill and not labor.

Type of Learning

Definition of forbidden labor on Yom Tov.

What Is Learned

Shofar and certain food techniques are permitted as skill, not melachah.