Mitzvah #94 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Afflict yourself on the Day of Atonement“
Scripture Reference: LEV 16:29 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Acharei Mot)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כט וְהָיְתָה לָכֶם, לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם: בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ תְּעַנּוּ אֶת-נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם, וְכָל-מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ--הָאֶזְרָח, וְהַגֵּר הַגָּר בְּתוֹכְכֶם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
29 Καὶ ἔσται τοῦτο ὑμῖν νόμιμον αἰώνιον· ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ δεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς ταπεινώσατε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν καὶ πᾶν ἔργον οὐ ποιήσετε, ὁ αὐτόχθων καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ προσκείμενος ἐν ὑμῖν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Acharei Mot
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Times (Buch 3)
Section: Rest on the Tenth of Tishri
Systematic Category (P119f) Appointed Times