## Sefer HaChinukh Mitzvah 318

###### Sefer HaChinukh 318:1
[Sefer HaChinukh 318:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/318:1)

**מִצְוַת שְׁבִיתָה מִמְּלָאכָה בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת** – לִשְׁבֹּת מִמְּלָאכָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ צֹרֶךְ אֹכֶל נֶפֶשׁ בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כג לה) בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן מִקְרָא קֹדֶשׁ.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
**The commandment of resting on the first day of the holiday of Sukkot:** To rest from any work which is not for the needs of food for the soul on the first day of the holiday of Sukkot, as it is stated (Leviticus 23:35), “On the first day, a holy occasion.”


###### Sefer HaChinukh 318:2
[Sefer HaChinukh 318:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/318:2)

מִשָּׁרְשֵׁי מִצְוַת הַשְּׁבִיתָה בְּשַׁבָּת וּבְיָמִים טוֹבִים, כָּתַבְתִּי בָּהֶן כְּבָר מָה שֶׁיָּדַעְתִּי, וְטַעַם אֶחָד לְכֻלָּן. וּקְצָת דִּינֶיהָ, כָּתַבְתִּי (מצוה רחצ) בְּלָאו דְּאִסּוּר מְלָאכָה שֶׁבְּסֵדֶר זֶה בְּעֶזְרַת הַשֵּׁם.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
I have already written what I have known from the roots of the commandment of rest on Shabbat and the holidays — and it is one reason for all of them. And I have written a few of its laws in the prohibition of work (Sefer HaChinukh 298) in this Order, with God’s help.


###### Sefer HaChinukh 318:3
[Sefer HaChinukh 318:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/318:3)

וְנוֹהֶגֶת מִצְוָה זוֹ בְּכָל מָקוֹם וּבְכָל זְמַן בִּזְכָרִים וּנְקֵבוֹת. וְהָעוֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ בִּטֵּל עֲשֵׂה מִלְּבַד שֶׁעָבַר עַל לָאו.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
And this commandment is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females. And one who transgresses it has nullified a positive commandment, besides that he has transgressed a negative commandment.