in a different domain type, does not violate this activity. However, it is rabbinically prohibited. The definition of an area as public thoroughfare or private domain is related to its degree of enclosure, not solely based on ownership. This law is often referred to as carrying. This is a misnomer: carrying within a private domain is permitted; and carrying within an open area is biblically permitted (though rabbinically forbidden). See further: Chayei Adam Shabbos 47–56. Exception: Saving of human life When human life is endangered, a Jew is not only allowed, but required, to violate any Sabbath law that stands in the way of saving that person. The concept of life being in danger is interpreted broadly; for example, it is mandated that one violate the Sabbath to take a woman in active labor to a hospital. See also Biblical mile Driving during Shabbat Electricity on Shabbat Muktzeh Shabbos goy Notes References External links Detailed descriptions of the 39 melakhot The Principles of the Melakhot in Peninei Halakha by Rabbi Eliezer Melamed Laws of Shabbat Negative Mitzvoth