The Torah Does not Prescribe Work
Another topic from Torah Study:
The Torah does not tell us to work.
It tells us to stop working.
It tells us when to 'rejoice' and 'celebrate'.
"The Torah doesn't tell us what is obvious - it tells us what is not" - is this true?
Interesting to think about.
And on a similar topic:
Go back and read the 4th Commandment on this one it appears twice in the Torah:
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Exodus 20:8-11: Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; you shall not do any work - you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, or your cattle, or the stranger who is within your settlements. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
Deuteronomy, 5: 13: Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord thy God commanded thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
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The two versions of the 10 Commandments are identical, with two important exceptions. The differences are in the fourth commandment. The version in Exodus contains the words "Remember the Sabbath day," and connects that to God having created the world in six days. The version in Deuteronomy instead reads "Observe the Sabbath day," and connects that to God having brought the Jews out of Egypt.
Another topic for another day...
The Torah does not tell us to work.
It tells us to stop working.
It tells us when to 'rejoice' and 'celebrate'.
"The Torah doesn't tell us what is obvious - it tells us what is not" - is this true?
Interesting to think about.
And on a similar topic:
Go back and read the 4th Commandment on this one it appears twice in the Torah:
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Exodus 20:8-11: Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; you shall not do any work - you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, or your cattle, or the stranger who is within your settlements. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
Deuteronomy, 5: 13: Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord thy God commanded thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
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The two versions of the 10 Commandments are identical, with two important exceptions. The differences are in the fourth commandment. The version in Exodus contains the words "Remember the Sabbath day," and connects that to God having created the world in six days. The version in Deuteronomy instead reads "Observe the Sabbath day," and connects that to God having brought the Jews out of Egypt.
Another topic for another day...
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