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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #166 of 613

To rest on the first day of the festival of Sukkot

לשבות בראשון של חג הסוכות

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The verse · Vayikra 23:35

בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ כׇּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ

“On the first day shall be a holy gathering: you shall do no servile work.”

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The Rambam’s words

To rest on the first day of the festival of Sukkot, as [Leviticus 23:35] states: "On the first day, there shall be a sacred holiday."

לשבות בראשון של חג הסוכות, שנאמר: "ביום הראשון, מקרא קודש" (ויקרא כג,לה).

Who & when

“And this commandment is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Rest on a Holiday הלכות שביתת יום טוב

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