要謹守 (shamor)
(申命記5:12)守安息日為聖(希伯來文:Shamor et yom ha-Shabbat l'kad'sho) ,猶太人禁止在安息日工作(melachah),即禁止創造性的工作,包括不能生火做飯,不能旅遊及買賣,不能燃燒汽油開車或坐車,不能坐電梯、打電話、看電視和聽廣播,下雨不能打傘;但在特殊情況下要救人一命,則可破誡,不受上述限制。下列是猶太人39類型不可作的工:
- Sowing 播種
- Plowing 耕作
- Reaping 收割
- Binding sheaves 捆禾稼
- Threshing 脫粒
- Winnowing 簸揚種
- Selecting 分選
- Grinding 磨碎
- Sifting 篩分
- Kneading 揉捏
- Baking 烘烤
- Shearing wool 剪羊毛
- Washing wool 洗滌羊毛
- Beating wool 打毛
- Dyeing wool 羊毛染色
- Spinning 紡線
- Weaving 織布
- Making two loops 用線打兩個圈
- Weaving two threads 用兩條線織布
- Separating two threads 分開兩條線
- Tying 捆紮
- Untying 解開捆紮
- Sewing two stitches 縫紉
- Tearing 撕裂
- Trapping 捕獲
- Slaughtering 屠宰
- Flaying 剝皮
- Salting meat 鹽醃肉類
- Curing hide 躲藏固化 (使食物脫水以保存食物)
- Scraping hide 躲藏刮削
- Cutting hide up 躲藏切割
- Writing two letters 寫兩封信
- Erasing two letters 擦除兩個字母
- Building 建築
- Tearing a building down 拆掉大樓
- Extinguishing a fire 滅火
- Kindling a fire 燃點火
- Hitting with a hammer 用錘子敲打
- Taking an object from the private domain to the public, or transporting an object in the public domain. 不可把物件從私人地方運送到公眾地方或在公眾地方運送物件