And there was evening, and there was morning …

Gen 2:3And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because He

ceased in it from doing all His work which God had created. [R. E. Friedman: Commentary on the Torah with a new English translation]

Ex 16:22a, 23aAnd it was, on the sixth day, they collected double …

And [Moses] said to them, "That is what the LORD spoke: 'Tomorrow is a ceasing, a holy Sabbath to [for] the LORD …[Friedman: ]

Mark 2:27-28"Shabbat was given for the sake of man, not

man for the sake of Shabbat. “Therefore the Son of Man is LORD also of

the Sabbath."

Rabbi Simon ben Menasiah on Ex 34:The Sabbath is given to you but you are not

surrendered to the Sabbath (Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael)

They heat water for a sick person on the Sabbath, whether to give it to him to drink or to heal him with it. And they do not say. “Wait on him, perhaps he’ll live [without it].” But a mater of doubt concerning him overrides [the

prohibition of] the Sabbath (Tosefta Sabbath 15:15).

"And one may pluck (grain) by hand and eat, but only if one plucks without a utensil; and

one may ruband eat, but only if he does not rub a lot in a utensil." These are the words of Rabbi Judah

(ben El'ai). But thesages say: "One may rub with the tips of his fingers and eat, but only if he does not rub a

lot with his handsin the way he does on a weekday.”

(b.Shabbath 128a)

Matt 5:17-19“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets;

I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.“For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all

is accomplished. “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these

commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps

and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

Acts 17:2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on

three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures

Q. Which is the Sabbath day?A. Saturday is the Sabbath day.

Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the

Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.

Q. How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days?

A. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday which protestants [go along with] …

Ac 20:7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking

until midnight.

Rom 14:5-6 ‘One person considers one day more sacred than

another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.Whoever regards one day as special does so to the LORD. Whoever eats meat does so to the LORD, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does

so to the LORD and gives thanks to God’

Luke 18:12:I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

Your fasts should not be with the hypocrites, for they fast on Mondays and Thursdays. You should fast on Wednesdays and Fridays. [Didache 8:1]

Lk 23:54It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was dawning. (Green,

literal)

Matt 28:1 And at evening of the Sabbath, at the dawning of the first of

the week (Green literal)

Is 66:23From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says the LORD.

Ex 16:28Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to

keep my commands and my instructions?

Mark 7:13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you

have handed down.

Shabbat Shalom

Shavuah Tov