B”H
What is happening when a Jew is getting stranded on an island or in the desert having lots his sense of time ? What about Shabbat ?
The Gemara (rabbinic discussions) in the Talmud Tractate 69b teaches us that the Jew then must count six days and celebrate Shabbat on the seventh day. It doesn’t matter whether the seventh day he counted is really Shabbat or not. However, there is a difference: During the six days he is counting, he is not allowed to perform all kinds of work but only those keeping him alive. Nevertheless, on the seventh day, he should make Kiddush and, when the Shabbat is over, Havdalah.
I just hope that this particular Jew can get hold of some wine / grapejuice, candles or spices.
The Torah in Shemot (Exodus) 20:9 – 10 commands us to work during the first six days of the week and to rest on the seventh day. Here, the Vilna Gaon is asking why the Torah commands us to work during the six days of the week. Why doesn’t it just command us to rest on the seventh day ? The answer lays in “Zachor – To remember the Shabbat”. When we remember what day is Shabbat we will be able to rest and not work. Not even work necessary for our lives.
I am not sure whether I agree to this opinion, as there are many Jews who have to work on Shabbat. Just let us look at the farmer milking his cows, hospital staff or policemen. And what about those Jews working on Shabbat in order to be able making a living ? One always has to look at the background and the circumstances, as, sometimes, life is not that easy.
Just let us look at the farmer milking his cows, hospital staff or policemen.
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And what about those Jews working on Shabbat in order to be able making a living ?
g-d commanded us to keep shabat and he will takecare of parnasa
One always has to look at the background and the circumstances, as, sometimes, life is not that easy.
rav moshe fienstien said the last generation was lost because people
said "its shver "tzu zayn a yid"
its difficult to be jewish.
B"H
ReplyDeleteYou are totally right, and now comes the famous BUT !
There shouldn't be a but and only Torah but do you know how many people I have met in Israel who don't want to work on Shabbat but have to in order to keep their jobs and make a living.
Every one of them knows that it is up to G - d providing Parnassah but what if someone has to pay his bills and has no other source at the moment ? Sometimes reality is hard; meaning you may find yourself living in the street.
With all the best Bitachon, this may be even G - d's will and there may be a deeper reason behind it but who wants to live in the street ?
There are times when I do understand those people.
I went through Parashat Vayakel today and, right at the beginning, it speaks about keeping Shabbat. Our ancestors in the desert kept Shabbat and even refrained from building the Mishkan on that day. It is sad that today not every Jew is able of doing so.