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Shabbos 7:2
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אֲבוֹת מְלָאכוֹת אַרְבָּעִים חָסֵר אַחַת: [1] הַזּוֹרֵעַ, [2] וְהַחוֹרֵשׁ, [3] וְהַקּוֹצֵר, [4] וְהַמְעַמֵּר, [5] הַדָּשׁ, [6] וְהַזּוֹרֶה, [7] הַבּוֹרֵר, [8] הַטּוֹחֵן, [9] וְהַמְרַקֵּד, [01] וְהַלָּשׁ, [11] וְהָאוֹפֶה; [21] הַגּוֹזֵז אֶת הַצֶּמֶר, [31] הַמְלַבְּנוֹ, [41] וְהַמְנַפְּצוֹ, [51] וְהַצּוֹבְעוֹ, [61] וְהַטֹּוֶה, [71] וְהַמֵּסֵךְ, [81] וְהָעוֹשֶׂה שְׁתֵּי בָתֵּי נִירִין, [91] וְהָאוֹרֵג שְׁנֵי חוּטִין, [02] וְהַפּוֹצֵעַ שְׁנֵי חוּטִין, [12] הַקּוֹשֵׁר, [22] וְהַמַּתִּיר, [32] וְהַתּוֹפֵר שְׁתֵּי תְפִירוֹת, [42] הַקּוֹרֵעַ עַל מְנָת לִתְפֹּר שְׁתֵּי תְפִירוֹת; [52] הַצָּד צְבִי, [62] הַשּׁוֹחֲטוֹ, [72] וְהַמַּפְשִׁיטוֹ, [82] הַמּוֹלְחוֹ, [92] וְהַמְעַבֵּד אֶת עוֹרוֹ, [03] וְהַמּוֹחֲקוֹ, [13] וְהַמְחַתְּכוֹ, [23] הַכּוֹתֵב שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת, [33] וְהַמּוֹחֵק עַל מְנָת לִכְתּוֹב שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת; [43] הַבּוֹנֶה, [53] וְהַסּוֹתֵר; [63] הַמְכַבֶּה, [73] וְהַמַּבְעִיר; [83] הַמַּכֶּה בְפַטִּישׁ, [93] הַמּוֹצִיא מֵרְשׁוּת לִרְשׁוּת. הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ אֲבוֹת מְלָאכוֹת — אַרְבָּעִים חָסֵר אֶחָת.
The primary labors are forty minus one:
[1] sowing, [2] plowing,
[3] reaping, [4] gathering together, [5] threshing, [6] winnowing, [7] sorting, [8] grinding, [9] sifting, [10] kneading, and [11] baking; [12] shearing wool, [13] whitening it, [14] combing it, [15] dyeing it, [16] spinning, [17] mounting the warp, [18] setting two heddles, [19] weaving two threads, [20] removing two threads, [21] tying [a knot], [22] untying [a knot], [23] sewing two stitches, and [24] tearing in order to sew two stitches; [25] trapping a deer, [26] slaughtering it, [27] skinning it, [28] salting it, [29] tanning its hide, [30] smoothing it, [31] cutting it, [32] writing two letters, and [33] erasing in order to write two letters; [34] building, and [35] demolishing; [36] extinguishing, and [37] kindling; [38] striking the final blow, and [39] transferring [objects] from one domain to another domain. These are the primary labors — forty minus one.
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