Responsa sur Jérémie 17:22
וְלֹא־תוֹצִ֨יאוּ מַשָּׂ֤א מִבָּֽתֵּיכֶם֙ בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וְכָל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַֽעֲשׂ֑וּ וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
Ne transportez pas non plus de fardeau hors de vos maisons le jour du Sabbat et ne faites aucun ouvrage; mais sanctifiez le jour du Sabbat, comme je l’ai ordonné à vos ancêtres.
Shut min haShamayim
They responded: we have learned this law from Nehemiah, who warned the entire people in exile: do not to take anything out of your home on the day of Shabbat3The language in Nehemiah 13:19 is slightly different, this quotation is from Jeremiah 17:22. Even at that time there were many places where Jews lived in entirely non-Jewish cities.
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