Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Eruvin 191:8

ואלא הא דתנן הפסח והמילה מצות עשה לימא דלא כרבי עקיבא דאי ר"ע כיון דמוקי לה בפסח לאו נמי איכא כדרבי אבין א"ר אילעאי דאמר רבי אבין אמר רבי אילעאי כל מקום שנאמר השמר פן ואל אינו אלא בלא תעשה

so R'Jose the Galilean. R'Akiba said: The expression 'This ordinance' was meant to apply to the Passover [sacrifice] only.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Spoken of earlier in the context (Ex. XIII. 6ff) : not to the tefillin. Thus it has been shown that as regards the wearing of tefillin R. Akiba, unlike R. Jose the Galilean, excludes neither nights nor Sabbaths and festivals.');"><sup>23</sup></span> With reference, however, to<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and but that'.');"><sup>24</sup></span> what we have learnt: 'The Paschal [sacrifice] and circumcision are positive commandments',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ker. 2a.');"><sup>25</sup></span>

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

Commandment 391 makes it a transgression to cancel the guard of honour of the Temple, since the Torah writes: "ושמרתם את משמרת הקדש," and whenever the verb שמר is used, it implies a negative commandment, i.e. culpability if that שמירה is neglected.
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