A sabbatical is a period of rest or a specific type of work that lasts for around a year. During a sabbatical, a person usually...
The Sabbath Day is your ultimate escape plan from the never-ending hustle of life. Rediscover the forgotten meaning of the Sabbath for Christian's around the world. You'll realise it is not a Jewish Sabbath, but a Sabbath for Mankind (Mk 2:27-28)
The Sabbath is observed as a day of rest and worship, a time for spiritual renewal, communal worship, and a break from the regular routines of work. The specific practices associated with the Sabbath can differ significantly between religious communities and denominations. One of the Ten ...
There is an obvious tension here regarding how we should treat the Sabbath as a Christian. In deciding the issue, it is worth remembering that Jesus pointed out that God established a day of rest for the sake of people, not the other way around (Mark 2:27). Sabbath observance is not t...
What is Sabbatical Travel? The term sabbatical actually is derived from the biblical Sabbath which serves an ancient human need to build periods of rest and rejuvenation into a lifetime. Traditionally you’ll find sabbaticals in academic careers, but they are not just for teachers anymore. Anyone...
What is a Shabbat service? Sabbath: Orthodox Jewish men are obligated to attend prayer services three times a day to God. Once in the morning with theShachritprayer, once in the afternoon for a short prayer calledMinchahand once after dark for the evening prayerMa'ariv. In addition to the...
The Sabbath is the seventh-day of the week according to the Bible. That is Saturday. Do Christians still need to keep it?
or the goat of the Sabbath, and with the single horn in the ascendant it is the sign of the Saviour. It is the figure of the human body with the four members and a point representing the head; a human figure head downward naturally represents the demon, that is, intellectual subversion...
It is customary to have three pieces stacked on the table. Two are traditional for Sabbath and festivals (when we usually use two challot), as a reminder of the double portion of manna (food from heaven) the Israelites gathered before every day of rest in the desert (Exodus 16:11-22)....
. Still, theTalmudrefers on several occasions to amulets, orkamiyot, which might come from the Hebrew meaning “to bind.” One law allows for carrying an approved amulet on the Sabbath, which suggests that amulets were common amongst Jews at some points in history. (Shabbat 53a, 61a)...