Seder Moed

Creative work prohibited on Shabbat and other laws that preserve the sanctity of the day.

Enclosures that legally expand the areas in which one can carry and travel on Shabbat.

Passover: ridding of chametz, the Paschal lamb offering, matzah, maror, and the Seder.

Annual half-shekel donations to the Temple, administration and inventory of the Temple.

Yom Kippur: the High Priest’s preparation, the Temple service, the fast, and repentance.

The structure of and obligation to dwell in the sukkah, the four species, and celebrating the holiday in the Temple.

Holiday laws governing which objects can be used, how food is prepared, and what labor is permitted.

The declaration process for a new month in the Temple period, blowing the shofar, and Rosh Hashanah liturgy.

Praying for rain, fasting in times of drought, and annual fast days marking Jerusalem’s destruction.

Reading the scroll of Esther on Purim, synagogue rituals, and treatment of sacred objects.

Chol HaMoed (the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot).

Sacrifices offered on pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Festivals and laws of ritual purity.

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