Jewish%20thought for Shabbat 194:2
והתניא רבי אומר דברים הדברים אלה הדברים אלו ל"ט מלאכות שנאמרו למשה בסיני
But surely it was taught. Rabbi said: Words [debarim], the words [ha-debarim], these [eleh] are the words: this indicates the thirty-nine labours stated to Moses at Sinai.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 70a. Now the only purpose of deducing the number is to show that his is the maximum number of sacrifices to which one can be liable; but if one is liable for derivatives in addition to the principal labours there can be far more. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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