“There can be no doubt of the fact that the Sabbath is a, or perhaps the, central institution of biblical and rabbinical religion”
There can be no doubt of the fact that the Sabbath is a, or...
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“…the transformational ritual of Orthodoxy is the prohibition against driving on Shabbat”
Orthodoxy, more than any other denomination, is obsessed with sacred action. It doesn’t matter...
“Scholars have noted that many minhagim began as a response to the Qaraite movement”
Scholars have noted that many minhagim began as a response to the Qaraite movement....
“How did it happen that some Second Temple sources define piety as abstaining from sex on Shabbat, but that the Rabbis defined Shabbat by the embrace of this very activity?”
How did it happen that some Second Temple sources define piety as abstaining from...
“…although much of Second Temple and Rabbinic literature can be read in light of the Greek and later Roman-Christian context in which they were composed…”
…although much of Second Temple and Rabbinic literature can be read in light of...
“The Sabbath symbolizes a state of complete harmony between man and nature and between man and man”
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In the Old Testament, a man who “gathers sticks” (Num. 4:32 ff.) is considered...“The idea that man should rest from his work one day every week sounds to us like a self-evident social-hygienic measure”
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To the modern mind, there is not much of a problem in the Sabbath...
“Shabbat, as seen through the Mishnah, does not prescribe actions”
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Shabbat as framed by the opening mishnah of Tractate Shabbat is not something that...Rabbi Avi Weiss on Shabbat as an exploration of the beauty Judaism can bring to the home and family life
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I asked his view about making a Jewish home, something that is elementary to...The Rabbinic Shabbat is “not comprised of positive ritualized actions”
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The Rabbinic Shabbat, as found in the Mishnah and in the Bavli is not...