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.

The four Jewish New Years, the process of sanctifying a new month, and laws of blowing the shofar.

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.

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

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

Chol HaMoed (the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot), mourning and ex-communication.

Sacrifices offered on pilgrimage to Jerusalem on the Festivals, ritual purity, and esoteric discussions of creation.