Word: sabbaths
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...founder, shaped an agreement with Jewish religious leaders in 1947 that attempted to define the role of religion in Israeli life. That declaration, known as the "status quo," made several key concessions to religious authorities. Among them was a pledge that the traditional Friday- evening-to-Saturday-evening Jewish Sabbath would be Israel's official day of rest. Ever since then, Israelis have been quarreling over the practical implications of the status quo. With the same single-minded tenacity that infuses their Talmudic studies, the religious militants are seeking to transform the agreement's loose principles into a legal...
...Jewish congregations. Known in Hebrew as the haredim (the trembling, or God- fearing, ones), the ultra-Orthodox believe all Jews must live according to the teachings of the Torah and the Talmud, as distilled in the 613 commandments that make up the halakhah. Many commandments concern observance of the Sabbath, which Jewish scholars have traditionally interpreted as prohibiting almost any activity on the holy day. To accommodate those beliefs, Israeli municipal governments have passed numerous Sabbath-keeping ordinances. In Jerusalem, for example, there is no public transportation on that day. All restaurants, except those in Arab East Jerusalem, are closed...
...Shabbes! Shabbes! ((Sabbath! Sabbath!))" shouted the ultra-Orthodox demonstrators in Jerusalem. Their complaint: that movies are being shown in the holy city on Friday night, in desecration of the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sundown. The marchers staged a peaceful rally at the Western Wall early last week, but come Friday dozens clashed with police. Authorities were forced to use tear gas and water cannons to break up the protests...
...Sunday before we moved to Sodom, I went with my daughter to church, a sweet little Methodist church in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Except to mark an occasional death I have not been much of a churchgoer lately, but on this Sabbath my girl Whitney was to sing solo, and I felt drawn to a front pew, aisle. I am happy to report she did herself and her old man proud, and I carried the memory of her lovely performance with me to the city (she stayed on to see to her schooling) as well as something the preacher said...
Though the book is organized topically, Bryan scatters memorable quotes throughout. Among them: Thomas de Quincey's observation that "if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing, and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking," as well as Balzac's "Behind every great fortune there is a crime" and Fred Allen's "A gentleman never strikes a lady with his hat on." There are quizzes: 1. Was Romeo a Capulet or a Montague? 2. Which Wright brother made the first flight at Kitty Hawk? 3. What word...