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“That Your Slave May Rest With You” – Rethinking Oneg Shabbat

JL;DR SUMMARY Shimi Kaufman examines the Shabbat commandment's dual representation in the Torah—first as a commemoration of creation, then as a remembrance of liberation from Egyptian slavery. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ShabbatSocial JusticeSpiritualityExodusIsaiahCreationRestPhiloR. Abraham J. Heschel

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Egypt
"Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day."

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