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Exodus 35: Please Don't Start a Fire
Chapter 35 begins with yet another commandment to keep Shabbat. The text includes a specific law this time:
“You shall kindle no fire throughout your settlements on the sabbath day.” (Exodus 35:3)
לֹא־תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת׃
Why is this law singled out? The Gemara in Masechet Shabbat explains that the verse comes to teach that kindling fire was not permitted “throughout your settlements” but it was permitted in the Temple. This meant that the burning of the fats and other sacrificial rites that included fire were allowed. Later on, the Gemara connects this…
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