Q&A: Sabbath
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Sabbath
Question
Hello and thank you, Rabbi!
In the generations before the Mishnah (David, Solomon, etc.), were the 39 prohibited categories of labor on the Sabbath already in force and observed by people, or is that an innovation of the sages from the time of the Mishnah?
Answer
I have no idea.