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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 2 - The 365 Prohibitions of the Tora
320 - WORKING ON THE SABBATH
Exodus 20:10 -- “But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.”
Exodus 31:14 -- “You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.”
“Death by judicial sentence is decreed in important cases: when faith is undermined, or a great crime is committed, viz., idolatry, incest, murder, or actions that lead to these crimes. It is further decreed for breaking the Sabbath, because the keeping of the Sabbath is a confirmation of our belief in the Creation.”*
* Moreh Nebuchim III, 41