The Weekly Sabbath Still Applies During the Sabbatical Year

Chronicles of Jerahmeel (Gaster, 1899)The Dead Rise Every Sabbath to Praise GodThe dead do not simply lie still. According to the Chronicles of Jerahmeel, a 12th-century Hebrew chronicle translated by Moses Gaster in 1899, the righteous de

Kedushat Levi (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak)The Sabbath as a Taste of the World to Come"These are the things that the Lord commanded to be done. For six days work shall be performed, but the seventh day shall be holy for you" (Exodus 35:1-2). Rabb

Mekhilta DeRabbi YishmaelRemember the Sabbath Day to Sanctify ItThe Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, the early halakhic midrash on Exodus from the school of Rabbi Yishmael, reads the Ten Commandments as two facing tablets whose li

Talmud Bavli, ShabbatGreeting The Sabbath QueenThe idea of greeting the Sabbath Queen, or Shabbat Malkah, has captured the hearts and minds of Jewish mystics and everyday people for centuries. We find this b

Battei MidrashotAdam's Song Of Praise For The SabbathOur tradition tells a story about Adam, the very first human, that hits on just that feeling. Creation is fresh, the world is brand new, and Adam is experiencin

Pirkei DeRabbi EliezerSeven Dedications That Hallowed the SabbathGod rested. But what does that mean? The book of Genesis tells us, "And on the seventh day God finished his work" (Gen. 2:2). But according to Pirkei DeRabbi El

The Weekly Sabbath Still Applies During the Sabbatical Year

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