Sefer Shemot · Parashat Mishpatim
Mitzvah 85: The commandment to rest on Shabbat
Sefer HaChinukh 85Exodus 23:12
The mitzvah in Sefer HaChinukh
The commandment to rest on Shabbat: To rest from work on the Shabbat day, as it is stated (Exodus 23:12), “on the seventh day you shall rest” (Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandments 154). All of its content is written above in the negative commandment that comes about it (Sefer HaChinukh 32). And the commandment of Shabbat is repeated up to twelve times.
Torah source
Sefer HaChinukh cites Exodus 23:12.
on the seventh day you shall rest
Related sources
Source edition: Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018. License: CC0. These source excerpts are provided for study and are not a practical halachic ruling.