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Additionally, we say that five things are permitted for us amongst these five prohibitions: the first is what necessity obligates, such as sleep and bodily needs and sitting and standing and talking and looking and what is similar to this; the second is what the Torah excludes explicitly such as the Sabbath sacrificial offering since it says (Numbers 28:10) “This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof” and similarly the holiday offering and eating as it says (Exodus 16:25) “And Moses said: 'Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD; to-day ye shall not find it in the field” and the Shofar on Yom Kippur; and the third are actions whose obligation is above the obligation of the Sabbath and are thus more obligatory, such as saving a life which is above every obligation. And this is like saving someone from drowning, or putting out a fire, and running away from an enemy, and cutting the umbilical cord and what is similar to this. And the fourth is what is analogical to these things, such drinking which is an analogy of eating, and the offering of the new month which is an analogy of the holiday offerings and breaking the fast of an emaciated person on Yom Kippur which is an analogy of breastfeeding a child to prevent them from harm.
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And the fifth is what is an active custom that is accepted and practiced by young and old alike, and not merely what is allowed by the leaders of specific communities. And some of these are based in tradition, such as closing and opening doors, and storing and protecting property from an enemy and others, and changing clothes, and using perfume and preparing the bed for sleep, and spreading a carpet or mat for sitting and a pillow for reclining and lying down and watching the face and hands before and after eating, and opening a book for reading and closing it afterwards, and preparing dishes and cups for washing and putting them away, and taking out food from a pot, and bread from a basket and water from a barrel or jar and filtering water for drinking and what is similar to this.