Shalom and welcome.
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Today on Back To Our
Roots we are going to experience
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a traditional Sabbath opening.
I'm glad you're with us.
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Hello and welcome
to Back To Our Roots.
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I'm Pastor Alex Schlussler
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and I'm Rachel
Hyman, minister of music.
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This is Havez and this is Lori.
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We want to welcome
you today to our program.
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Today is a very
special program indeed.
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We are going to be looking
at a traditional celebration
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of bringing in the Shabbat.
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Rachel, this is
going to be so exciting.
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I know we've had so many
people really interested in this
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so we're going
just get right into it.
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And a little bit later
we'll be explaining exactly
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what's happening. So
just sit back and enjoy
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as from a traditional perspec
tive we welcome in the Shabbat.
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Blessed are You, O Lord our God,
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King of the universe, who has
sanctified us by His commandment
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and the blood of
Yeshua the Messiah
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and has commanded us to
be a light to the nations
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and has given us Yeshua, our
Messiah, the light of the world.
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And then we take the cup
which is filled with the fruit
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of the vine and
we say the blessing.
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Blessed are You, O Lord
our God, King of the universe,
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who created the
fruit of the vine.
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And in front of us
we have two challahs.
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And we have two
challahs because we remember
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how when the children of Israel
wandered through the desert
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He gave them manna to eat.
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But He also gave them a
very special commandment:
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that on the Sabbath
day they weren't to work.
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So God poured out a double
portion of His heavenly bread
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the manna - an extra amount -
so that the day before Shabbat
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they could collect all
that bread - the manna -
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and they wouldn't have
to worry about being fed.
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So we remember
this double blessing
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that our God pours out on
all of those who are faithful
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to honor His Shabbat.
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We say the
blessing of the bread.
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Blessed are you, O Lord
our God, who brings forth
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bread from the earth.
And we break the bread
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and because we know that our
Messiah - Yeshua - is the bread
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of life we remember Him.
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And Yeshua... He was
born in a very special place
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the Bible tells us.
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It says that He was born
in a place called Bethlehem
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or Bet Lahm... which literally
means the house of bread.
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So how wonderful is it that
our Messiah, the Bread of Life,
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was born in the house of bread.
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Is that good? OK.
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Come around and let
me bless you children.
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So on that evening of Shabbat
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as we're beginning...
it's called Erev Shabbat...
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we gather our children
together because one of the most
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important things
that we do on the Shabbat
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is as a family we
spend time together
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and we bless each other.
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So we take this time
as the dad of the house
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brings his children around
and he first says a blessing
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over his children. And
then traditionally he would read
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from the book of
Proverbs chapter 31
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which is the virtuous woman.
He would read that over his wife
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as well. And so we're
going to just say the blessing
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over the kids. And we
say from the book of Numbers
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May the Lord bless
you and may He keep you.
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And may the Lord make
His face to shine upon you
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and be gracious to you.
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And may the Lord lift
His countenance upon you
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and bring you His peace.
And then I say it in Hebrew.
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I say Shalom which means
peace and blessings upon you.
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Thank you so much, children.
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You can go and we'll see
you back in just a little while.
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All right. So we want to
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now get into it and talk
with you just a little bit about
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what you saw. What the sig-
nificance of these things are.
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And so we're going to invite our
brother Alexander Bolotnikov.
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We call him Sasha.
He's our resident theologian
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and just keeps us on track.
Sasha why don't you come on out?
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Well, Shabbat
Shalom. Shabbat Shalom.
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It's good to see you, Sasha.
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You know Sasha, I've
known you for so many years.
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And Sasha is... I kid he's
our theologian... but truly
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Sasha is completing his Ph.
D. and he's just one of the most
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knowledgeable people in
these areas that I know.
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So it's just a great
blessing to have you with us
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as we celebrate the Shabbat.
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Good to be with you
again on this Shabbat evening.
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Yes, thank you so much.
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So we did some interesting
things here that are traditional
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within the Jewish
faith... the Jewish religion.
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And let's start first of all
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with the
lighting of the candles.
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As I said in the beginning
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the tradition is is that
because the woman is the one
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who Messiah would come through
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she is the one that brings
the light of the Sabbath in.
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And I know that there's a
lot of concepts and ideas...
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things about the
Shabbat Queen and all this.
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Can you talk just a little bit
about some of those traditional
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things for us?
One of the things is
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the principle behind all
the tradition: to make the
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Sabbath
special. Yes, absolutely!
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And of course we
didn't have at this time
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first century, second
century. We want to backtrack to
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when Jesus lived
on this earth. Yes.
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There was no wax
candle and nice candleholders
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you know, with... But you
know what? While you're...
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Before you go any further let
me bring one thing in about this
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because the question was
asked: you know, we have these
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beautiful things: the
beautiful silver, cup, and plate
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and these beautiful candle-
holders. You know, one of the
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things that I always
loved within Judaism is...
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And it's not that you're
trying to be over the top
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with these things but
it's just this whole idea
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that everything that
we do we want to honor God
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to the highest that we can.
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So with whatever
resources God has given you
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when it comes to the
things that we are using
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especially to honor Him: the
Shabbat cup, the candleholders
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we want to be able to provide
the best that we possibly can.
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And so that's why these
things have a tendency to be
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more decorative and more ornate.
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And the ornament
on these candleholders
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is very typical for Jewish com-
munity that lives in diaspora.
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It's the images of Jerusalem.
Again let me say, diaspora
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means these are Jews that
live outside... now would be
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outside of Israel but it would
have been outside of Judea.
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Anyone that lives...
so we're in the disaspora.
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Yeah, but
regardless of where Jews live
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their eyes are
always focused on Jerusalem.
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So you've got these
Jerusalem candleholders. Yes.
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But back in those times
in Judea of the first century
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and the turn of the eras there
was nothing like this. Right.
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The archaeologists have
found numerous clay lamps
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like this shape.
Right. And these lamps were...
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That was the
lighting fixture of the day.
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The problem was that these lamps
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were basically
using oil... olive oil.
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Yes. And olive oil
is the major staple.
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The level of poverty... you
can't compare it to anything
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back in those days.
The majority of the people
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lived an extremely simple life -
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in poverty it was really -
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and, you know, the gallon
of olive oil... I mean, you can
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spend today $30, $35. You
buy a nice gallon of olive oil.
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And you know, three hours
of work - something like this.
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The same amount of olive oil
would cost back in those days
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for some day laborers
up to three months' income.
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And so lighting in a house
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it wasn't the option.
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For many families
it wasn't the option.
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People would go
to sleep with sundown
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and rise for
work with the sunrise.
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So the Sabbath was an exception
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because that day you're
supposed to spend time together
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as a community so
you do light the candles.
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So this is how far
we can trace the idea
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of having the
light on Shabbat. Right.
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So let's talk about the idea
now of the fruit of the vine
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and this blessing. And
it's really probably rightly put
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sanctification of the Sabbath
through the cup. Correct?
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Yes, yes. And when we
talk about the Sabbath
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we have to have in mind
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Genesis chapter
2... what the Lord does.
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He blesses; He sanctifies;
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and He makes. Right.
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So I also know within
Jewish tradition today there's
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the two main
themes. Actually He rests.
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So He rested,
blessed, and sanctified.
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So everything on the Sabbath
greeting is about these three
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actions. Right. And
it's the remembrance...
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To remember what God had
done. Exactly; exactly. Right.
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So let's talk a
little bit about the bread.
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You know, I've had many
people get confused because
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within the Christian community
as soon as you talk about
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bread and juice or wine
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then right away their
mind goes to the Lord's Table
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or communion. And this
isn't anything like that at all.
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No. That goes back... This
is a totally different thing.
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So you know, that's
maybe a different program
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and a different time. So
let's just talk a little bit.
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You know, the challah and
the idea that this represents
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all foods... not just
bread. Exactly. The idea of
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the bread on Sabbath
goes back to the shewbread
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table which is at the sanctuary.
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And you already
mentioned also the manna
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and that's why we have
two. But the general idea
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Biblically goes back to
the ritual of the shewbread.
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Because remember in the
sanctuary there were daily
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rituals - yes.
Offerings of the lambs
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and lighting of the seven-lamp
candle and the incense.
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There were yearly rituals.
We discussed the festivals.
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And there were weekly rituals.
And the only one weekly ritual
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which we have is the ritual
where a priest would consume
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and replace the
bread... the twelve breads...
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at a special table in
the Holy Place. That's right.
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This ritual is
important because it shows...
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it goes directly
opposite to pagan sanctuary.
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In the pagan worship
the theology is that people
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feed God. Yeah, that's right.
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And here we pray to God
and we say: "Blessed are You,
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O Lord God, who gives the
bread to us from the ground. "
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Exactly. Right; right.
So a really important part
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of this then is the idea
of us gathering together.
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And Shabbat is so
much about community
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and about
fellowship within the family.
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And it's really
from a Jewish perspective
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it never should be a burden,
it never should be a labor.
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The Shabbat is
always a joy to us.
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That it's something that
you work hard all week long
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and then when we come to
the Shabbat it's not: "Oh, man,
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it's the Shabbat. " No,
it's: "Ah, thank you Lord.
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It's the Shabbat. " I
don't have to pick up my
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cell phone; I don't have to
check my e-mail; I don't have to
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work. I can just be together
with my family and friends
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and rejoice in the Shabbat.
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Rachel, you've prepared a
song for us today. Um-hmm.
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And I'd love to invite
you to go over and get ready.
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We have our friend Martin
who is with us once again.
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Welcome Martin.
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And Rachel, what's the
name of the song today?
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It's called
Shabbat Qodesh which means
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holy Sabbath. It's kind
of like a Hebrew version
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of This is the day that
the Lord has made. All right!
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Well let's rejoice.
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Amen; amen.
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Rachel, why don't
you come on back over.
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Martin, why don't you come
join us as we close the Shabbat?
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We've had just a wonderful
Sabbath with our family together
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and a Sabbath meal
and a day with the Lord.
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And as the sun
begins to set on the Shabbat
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we have a special
little ceremony that we do
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that's called havdalah.
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Havdalah. The
Hebrew word it comes from
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the Hebrew L'havdil,
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and it means to
separate or to differentiate.
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And what it is is that
we're leaving the sacredness,
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the beauty of the Shabbat
but now we're going into the
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secular week. But
see, the thing is is that
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when we leave the Shabbat
we don't want to just leave it
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behind. We want to be able
to take a little bit of the
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Shabbat with us
throughout the week.
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So havdalah we start
and it's chanted with a cup.
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And we fill it with
the fruit of the vine.
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We fill the cup.
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And we say a
blessing over the cup.
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Blessed are You, Lord our
God, King of the universe,
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who brought forth
the fruit of the vine.
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We don't pass
this one around. Sorry.
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He's lookin' at
me: I want some juice.
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And then these other
strange things that we have:
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we have a
special little container.
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This is called a spice box.
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Now I wish those of you
watching could enjoy the smell.
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In just a minute we're
going to pass this around
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and it's got this beautiful
aromatic smell of cinnamon
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and cloves and
all kinds of things.
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And it's to remind us
of the sweetness of Shabbat
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and what the
newness of creation will be
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when God returns.
Since Shabbat is a memorial
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of creation we also have
this special braided candle.
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Now if you remember,
when we started the Shabbat
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Rachel lit two candles and
there was a small little flame.
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But we're going to light
this one in just a minute
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and you're going to see
it's a much bigger flame.
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And the whole idea is that
the light that we go out of the
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Shabbat with
should be so much more
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than the light
that we came in with.
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Because we've spent the
whole time with God. Yes? Amen?
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And we say:
"Behold, God is my salvation.
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I will trust and
I will not be afraid
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for the Lord my God, He
is my strength and my song.
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And He also has become -
we could say - my Yeshua... "
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which is His name but
that also means my salvation.
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We light this and
then we come back over
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to the spices. And
I'm going to open it up.
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Mmm, I love this
smell. Here, smell this.
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Do you smell it? Smell it again.
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He's afraid to
stick his nose down there.
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Here. And we're going to
pass this around and everyone
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will get a sniff. And we say:
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"Blessed are you, O Lord our
God, Creator of the universe,
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who creates the
species of spices. "
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Doesn't that smell good?
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You know, some... In
some traditions they'll take
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the cloves and
they'll have a big handful.
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And everyone will take a
little handful of cloves.
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And they put it in their
pocket so that when they leave
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on the Shabbat, when it's over,
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they have these
cloves in their pocket
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that all week long
you can take the cloves
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and you can smell them.
You go: "Oh man, I can't wait
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for Shabbat to come again
'cause it smells so good. "
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And then we take
this special candle
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and we say the
blessing over the candle.
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"Blessed are You, O Lord
our God, King of the universe
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who creates the light of fire. "
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And then because we believe
that Yeshua is the light of the
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world - Jesus is the
light of the world - we add this
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and we say: "In Him was life and
the life was the light of men.
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And the light shined in
the darkness, and the darkness
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didn't understand it. "
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Now there's such a
great and beautiful teaching
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that we have with
the havdalah candle.
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And because we're in a studio
we have all these bright lights.
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We can't see it as
well but you have to imagine
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that you know, no
matter how small the light is,
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how small the flame is,
you can take one little candle
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or one little match and
you can be in a completely
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black dark room and
that one little candle,
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once your eyes adjust, you'll
be able to see the whole room.
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Right? So the idea is is
that this light that we see
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the light always
pushes the darkness away.
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And Jesus - Yeshua -
is the light of the world.
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You see, where that light
is darkness can never dwell.
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Isn't that a wonderful thing?
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Yeah? Yeah... say "yeah. "
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And then we
say: "Arise and shine
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for the light has come
and the glory of the Lord
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has risen upon you. "
And the glory of the Lord
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we're speaking of, of
course for us, is our Messiah
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Yeshua. Amen? He truly
is the light of the world.
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And then we say: "Blessed
are You, O Lord our God,
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King of the universe
who makes a distinction
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between the
holy and the secular;
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light and darkness;
Israel and the nations;
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the seventh day and
the sixth day of labor.
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Blessed are You, O Lord our God,
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who makes a
distinction between the holy
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and the secular.
" And at this point
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the Shabbat is coming
completely to an end now.
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We've had a beautiful day.
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And we've rested and
we've enjoyed fellowship
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and we've had great meals.
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Don't you love
the Shabbat meals?
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I do. Um-hmm.
You know, what I love
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about the Shabbat meals
is that they're just waiting.
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We come home from
service after the morning
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and there's this big meal
just waiting for us to dive in
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and eat it. You
know? Do you like that?
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Yeah, we all like that.
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And you know, guys,
the whole idea for us
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and the Shabbat is
that even to say that I keep
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the Shabbat infers
that it takes work to do it.
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So we should never
say we keep the Shabbat.
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We keep the
Sabbath. No! We celebrate
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the Sabbath. We
celebrate what God has given us.
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We celebrate that
God... He created all things
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and then the scripture says
on the seventh day He rested.
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And He said: "I want
you to remember that if God
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can rest then how much
more should you as My creation,
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as My children, rest
on the Sabbath day. "
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So we have to remember that.
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That the Sabbath day is a
joy. It is a time to sit back
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and be with friends
and talk and share things.
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It's a time that we put aside
all of the things that we do
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normally
through the week, right?
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You know, a good rule
to remember is if you do it
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through the week you
don't do it on Shabbat.
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Right? Because then it's common.
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That's right. You
know for some people
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oh to relax is to
sit down on the couch
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and maybe put the TV on.
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That's not the
right thing to do, is it?
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Because all week long
people are sitting on the couch
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watching TV. We're
supposed to get together
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as a family and talk -
bond - and enjoy good food.
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And really look forward...
You know, for a lot of people
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that might be the only time
that they actually come together
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as a family. And
some of the best memories
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that we ever make are the
ones of us sitting around.
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And you know, our society
is so full of broken families.
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Of children that never have
the time with their parents.
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If we were honoring, if we
were celebrating the Shabbat
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in the way that
God asked us to do
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that wouldn't be happening
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because we would be focusing,
we would be saying blessings
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upon our children and
our wives and our friends
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and our family. We
would be coming together
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especially that one time.
And you know what I've found
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is that when you do it on
the Shabbat and it's such a joy
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you get hungry for it, right?
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Man, I really love the
time that we sat down together.
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We had a meal
and we just talked.
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And you know, just because
we do this on the Shabbat
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doesn't mean we can't do it many
other days through the week.
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And that's the idea
that we want to be hungry.
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The Shabbat is
something very special,
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but God created it
so that we could rest,
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so that we could fellowship.
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So as the sun has
set on another Shabbat
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the last thing that we do
is what's left of the juice
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is we take the cup and we
begin to pour out the cup.
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And for us as believers
in Jesus as our Messiah
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what I believe we
should understand is just as we
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pour out this cup we
need to remember that our
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Messiah - that Jesus -
poured out His life for us.
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And may we through this week
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God, with Your
strength and Your Holy Spirit,
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may we also pour out
our lives for Him. Um-hmm.
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We pour it all out and
the last thing that we do
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is we take the havdalah candle
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and we extinguish
the candle in the juice.
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Sorry. No one gets to drink it.
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We extinguish the candle
and we declare that God is holy.
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He is holy; He is holy.
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And we say:
"Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh. "
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That means God
is three times holy
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because He is the One
that gives us the Shabbat.
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God bless you and we
hope to see you very soon
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on Back To Our Roots.
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