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noun
Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, countable, uncountable
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noun
Labor in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá, “work; labor; activities forbidden on Sabbath”).
