SABBATH, JEWISH DAY OF REST.

With Jews, Holy days are so much important to them. In every holy day, they celebrate many big festivals with great devotion and joy. They treasure these festive days, because they remind them of their lofty ideals and religious beliefs; they recall the great historic events of their past. The celebration of these holy days has helped them to survive terrible persecutions by giving them new hope, courage, uniting their present day lives with their past days. According to the book “A treasury of Jewish holidays”, I read on Saturday 4/12/2003, it explains the origin of Jewish holy days, how they celebrate, etc. I would like to talk about Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.

According to the Fourth of the Ten Commandments, six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord thy God. In this day, thou shall not do any manner of work, nor thy son, nor the daughter, nor thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, etc. Because in six days, the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day, therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. God gave Jews the Sabbath to permit us to enjoy the needed bodily rest and recreation after six days of toil, worry, and care; and this rest is to be enjoyed equally by all human beings, the servant as well as the master, and the hired laborer as well as his employer. Even the animals are to have rest, too. The Jewish Sabbath first declared liberty to man: every man is to enjoy the bliss of peace and rest. The Sabbath was instituted by God with two purposes: first, to give Jews a regular day of rest from their usual toil and care; secondly, to give them a chance for learning about God and what God desires from them. The Sabbath has been celebrated as a day of religious devotion and instruction. This day permit Jews to learn the sacred Jewish rites and religious customs and to meditate on the Law of Moses.

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The Sabbath is designed to lend special joy and sanctity to the home. It is also a day for family reunion. The members of the family gather around the table offering finer and more festive food than weekdays. The Sabbath fills Jewish hearts with cheer and comfort, greatly understanding and loyalty in the family circle. The Sabbath is the time to think of ideas, of improving our lives as individuals and as members of a larger community. The Jewish family has the responsibility of making the Sabbath a day of happiness, an occasion for a happy family reunion, reading books ...

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