Welcome to Thinking About Home.
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I am Kathy Matthews
and we have something
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really special for
you today that excites me.
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Today our guests are
John and Millie Youngberg
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and they're the
directors of Marriage and Family
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Commitment Incorporated.
I'm glad you're here
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again with us today.
Thank you. Thank you,
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it's nice to be here.
Oh! You see all these that
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we have on the table
there is something that's
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really going to
go on here, isn't it?
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I would like to review
a little bit about what
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we've been going through,
we've been talking about
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Sabbath traditions,
right. That's right.
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And we've been
going over the preparation
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day, which is
Friday, and the whole week so
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to speak and keeping
our mind going toward
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the Sabbath and
planning for it and what
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else that we've
been talking about?
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Activities, that you can
have this over the Sabbath.
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Right things like
that. And John can you tell
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us about how the
Sabbath is viewed
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then around the
world? Well, it's certainly
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exciting thing to
think about the Sabbath.
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The Sabbath starts
on Friday evening in the
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Caroline
Islands. It's part of the
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Kiribati Islands
in the South Pacific.
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And as they're at the
International Date Line,
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the Sabbath begins and it slowly
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travels around the
world. And our son lives in
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Guam, our son Wes lives in Guam,
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it hits him pretty
quick, but still Friday night is
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still Friday morning for
we are, and so the travel
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the, the Sabbath
travels hour-by-hour and,
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and every hour there
are people falling on their
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knees and maybe
watching the sun setting
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in the West and so
finally the Sabbath
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come to a full circle
until all the world has
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enjoyed the blessing
of this beautiful day.
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The whole family
of God! That's right.
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The family of earth
and the family of God are
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worshipped on the Sabbath day.
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It's a memorial,
isn't it? That's right.
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We called it a birthday.
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Yes I like to
call it a birthday.
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It's the birthday of
the world we're celebrating
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God's creation. And even the
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celebration of the
wedding of Adam and
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Eve is sort of like
a weekly anniversary of
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the first wedding.
So we are celebrating
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both the family and
the Sabbath, the two made
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for each other.
Two institutions!
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As that creation point! Right!
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But we're very important to God.
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Yes, or else He
wouldn't put it there,
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that's right, so early
in all of earth's history.
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And don't you think
that God is trying to make a
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restoration and a
renewal of both of these
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together, oh yes I do,
as He prepares the people
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to go back to Eden. Amen, I do.
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Now for most
Seventh-day Adventist we kind of
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centre our activities
around the besides the
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services and so
forth. The noon of Sabbath,
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the noon meal and
so forth, sort of big
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moment, right the big
moment of the day aside
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from our activities and
fellowshipping together.
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Do the Jewish
people do the same thing?
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Well, I'm not gonna
say that we're wrong and
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they're right Kathy,
but it's wonderful to have
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big celebrations Sabbath noon,
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but I wonder if they
couldn't even be more
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meaningful at
Friday night as the Jewish
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people do. That is the
centre of their Sabbath
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celebration, the
beginning, the high point and
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of course the counterpoint
of that is when we seek
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farewell to the
Sabbath at the end, but maybe
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we had a just at
least respect that point of
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view and say
perhaps we've something to
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learn from the Jewish friends.
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Now we're adapting this
into Christianity, right?
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That's right. We're
not going to teach the
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Jewish ritual, maybe
the Jews won't recognize
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everything we do
here, but we have gone over
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the Jewish ritual
and we have adapted that
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reading also other
Christian books and
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talking with
Christian friends and have
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adapted that to
Christian celebration
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on Sabbath. I'm glad
to hear you say that.
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I don't want
anybody thinking otherwise,
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but I needed for
you to make that clear.
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Millie, would you
gonna say something?
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Yes I was just going
to say that in many homes
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they don't adapt
the Jewish tradition,
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but they do start
the Sabbath with just a
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candle and the little
children will light the
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candle and it will
burn through the evening and
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then the next evening
they blow the candle out.
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All the way through?
They don't usually keep
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it, blow it out,
blow it out after a Friday
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evening and then
started up again the next time.
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But we have been
using this family
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Sabbath tradition at
our home not all the time
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occasionally often
when we have company and
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we adapted and
adapted. We change it all,
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all the time so.
So we're just going to
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give an illustration
today of what one can
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do and then they can make
a special for their family.
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That's right. Well!
What you say is very
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important because
I think every family
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should be on it's
own traditions and your
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traditions are
probably be different than ours,
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but it should have a
special meaning to that
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particular family.
Right, as I mentioned
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once before we had a Menorah.
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We had the couple that
brought us to the Lord,
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went to Jerusalem
trip and they brought us
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back on Menorah and
the candles that go with
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it and that was really
special to us for several
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year and we still like
to do that when we've got
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the right candles for
it that fit the Menorah.
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And the lights are the
glowing of the light and
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thanking the Lord as
we light those candles and
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praying together.
It's really special. Okay.
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We were going to
talk now about the Bible.
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In the Bible it talks
about how the Pharisees
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have often times
made the Sabbath a burden
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or did make the
Sabbath a burden, but do the
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Jewish people still
feel that way or is it more
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happy occasion? Yes,
there are certain sects of
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the Jews that
perhaps make the Sabbath a
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burden, but many,
many Jews make the Sabbath
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a very happy day to
the point that the great
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Jewish scholars
for instance Abraham,
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Joshua, Heschel said it's a
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sin to be sad on the Sabbath.
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It's a sin to be
anxious on the Sabbath.
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So this should be
the most joyful day.
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And you know it
does make good to hear
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people talking like
that because it's also
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applicable to us.
Right and we've been
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told that we need to
put away our worries from
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the week so that the
Sabbath can be a delight.
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And we have rituals or
rather do all our rituals
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need to be the
same? Or would it be
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commendable if each
families solve their own
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like we were
talking about a moment ago,
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can you add to that?
I think every family has
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to decide it on
their own rituals
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what they want to
do. They may try this
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and try something
else, but they began to get a
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pattern of what they
do on Friday evening.
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In any ritual the big
thing is meaning and to
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do a ritual that has
no meaning why do it.
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Right! But if this has
a meaning to a particular
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family for their
particular circumstances
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then there's a
reason to do it. Right.
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There are some families
that are ritual as every
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Friday evening they
take a Bible story and
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acted out, the
children will act it out,
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and the parents will try
to guess what the story is?
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And that's part of
their ritual, but everyone has
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to decide what
they've like to do?
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Just to make the
Sabbath a real special holyday.
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Well you know
we're talking about
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celebrating the
Sabbath and some people get
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little edgy about
the word celebration,
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I want you to take the
edge off of that, okay.
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Well, I think Kathy
that we have to see,
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are we talking about
a holiday or a holyday
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they spell almost
the same, but there's,
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well one came from
the other didn't it?
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But there's quite a
difference in the real
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meaning of them.
Right! So I would,
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I would hope that
we don't moving anyway
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toward a holiday
were anything goes as long
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as you're celebrating
and enjoying yourself.
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Right, I'm glad for
you to make that clear.
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I mean some people are
going to the stadium or
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they're going to
the circus or so on that
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maybe could be
appropriate for some
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people on a holiday,
but we think that the
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holyday of the Lord
has a very special vertical
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meaning as well as
a horizontal meaning.
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Right, right. So
we're not, go ahead,
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we're told to remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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So we still
want to make it holy,
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but we want it to be a
joyful, delightful holyday.
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And that doesn't
mean that we have to
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you know, have a
sad look on our face,
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but we can be
joyful. You know sometimes
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our children look at
the Sabbath and they can
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hardly wait till it's over with.
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How can we change that?
How do you feel about this?
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Well, it just by the
activities that we have
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on the Sabbath day,
just making plans I know in
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our home frequently
we would start a book on
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Friday night. And then
you could look forward to it.
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Yes. Oh! We did that
too. And then we would
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read that book
during the Sabbath hours.
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Sometimes even after
the Sabbath hours they
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wanted to hear
the rest of the story.
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Right, right. But it
depends on what we do
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as to what we can do
to make the day special,
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if it is special
the kids will enjoy.
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So if it's a drag
then we're gonna have kids
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for clock watches.
When does the sunset
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because I wanna get
out of here, I want to go
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because I already
have program or whatever,
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right, but the true
Jewish sense is that
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we're sorry to
see the Sabbath go.
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And we want to, we
wanted to linger a little
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bit longer so we
can savor it's joy.
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Right, you have a
little something to say about
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that later maybe? Yes.
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Well, what are
we going to do now?
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We're gonna get
started with this.
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Are you ready to do
that? I think we're ready.
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Okay, I'm anxious.
I was gonna blow the
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horn, but fine we
will go with John today.
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Okay, John you blow the horn.
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You want me to blow the horn.
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This would indicate
that the Sabbath has arrived
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and I might mention
in Israel now they have
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electronic, which is
a very poor substitute,
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which, yes, right.
This is much better.
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This is a true shofar
horn. Shofar horn, I bought it
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in Jerusalem for the
Ibex. Oh! Okay, shall we
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plug our ears or
do we just enjoy it?
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It's kind of a loud, isn't it?
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Are you ready? Okay.
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Very loud! I don't think I could
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have done it is
well as you do it.
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But that says, the
Sabbath has arrived and
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it's so good to know
that there is a certain
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time when it arrives
that means stop all the work
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if it isn't done, it
isn't done, but it's a
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beginning of rest and
so I kind of like some
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indications that this is time
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for the Sabbath to
begin. And many people start
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by singing songs or
having music played,
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15, 20 minutes,
30 minutes before the
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Sabbath hour. Amen.
So, then they're ready to
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go into the
Sabbath. And we like to sing
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certain songs that
we have our new song
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which is
"Welcome, Welcome Sabbath"
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which has a Jewish sound to it?
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And so we start with
that. Sometime we'll sing,
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Oh! Dear, Lord we
come at set of sun,
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different songs. We
are trying to get lots
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of new Jewish songs
to sing because they're
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happy and it just
gives you a good Spirit,
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a good feeling
because the Sabbath is here.
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From there the woman,
the mother is the queen.
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She is the queen of
the home and the Sabbath
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is the queen also.
So the mother is the
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one who invites
the family hour to the
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Sabbath hour. So I
have here her prayer
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that she reads to
her children and family.
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It goes like this.
"Oh! God of your people
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Israel You are holy
and You have made the
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Sabbath and the
people of Israel holy.
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You have called upon
us to honor the Sabbath
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with the light,
with joy and with peace.
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As a king and
queen give love to one
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another, as a
bride and her bridegroom,
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so have we kindled
these two lights for the
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love of your
daughter? The Sabbath Oh!
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Mighty God grant
me and all of my loved
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ones a chance to truly
rest on this Sabbath day.
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May the light of the
candle strive out from
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among us the Spirit of
anger, the Spirit of harm.
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Send Your blessing
to my children that they
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may walk in the ways
of Your Torah, Your light.
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May You ever be
their God and mine Oh! Lord
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my Creator and
redeemer" Isn't that special?
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That's beautiful. So
she welcomes the Sabbath
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and then she lights the candles.
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And so we take
the candles and we are
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reminded that one
candle is for redemption
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and one is for
creation. And when do we put in
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we say,
"remember The Sabbath Day".
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And then we light the
second candle and this
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also is for redemption creation,
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"to Keep It Holy". And
that's a Sabbath light we
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want this light in
our home, God's presence
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to fill our home to
make it really very special.
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And then we repeat
the, the Fourth Commandment.
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Okay. Shall we try?
Let's see if we can do
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that we didn't
practice this very much, did we?
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We're going to call
on our memories. Alright.
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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Six days shall thy
labor, and do all Thy work;
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but the Seventh-day is
the Sabbath of the Lord
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Thy God. In it Thou
shall not do any work.
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Thou down Thy Son
nor their daughter,
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Thy man servant
nor Thy manservant,
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nor Thy cattle, nor Thy
stranger, that is within
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Thy gates. For in
six days the Lord made
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heaven and earth, the
sea and all that in them is.
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And rest at the seventh day.
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Therefore the Lord
bless the Sabbath day
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and hollowed it ". We did okay.
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We did okay. Yeah.
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Sometimes you get a
little confused and we
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do too, but God
knows what they are.
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Until we remember
the Sabbath day that just
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helps us by saying it
to remember that we are
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putting our work
aside. And we're gonna keep
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this day as a special
day. And from there the
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mother often that has
a silent prayer for the
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family and that is rather nice.
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From there we go on to
singing other songs like
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the Sabbath
Blessing and other songs
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that are really nice.
Then the father blesses
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the children and
it's always nice to have
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children in our home
especially the little ones
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we gather the little
boys and little girls.
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And John we want you
to pray for the boys and
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girls of our listeners.
That's going to be special.
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Would you do
that you're going to?
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So we don't have
our own little ones or
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grandchildren here,
but. Not here right now.
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They're out there.
They're out there and
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we're going to. And
so I'm going to kneel and
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this prayer is for the
children of our watchers
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our, our
television viewers to see me.
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Oh Lord of Thy people Israel.
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Today we want to
pray that God will make
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these sons of ours,
the grandchildren liken to
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Ephraim and then to Manasseh.
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That You make these
sons strong and tall,
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that You help them to
be all that they can be
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as they grow to
reflect Your image and to their
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part for our Lord
God Almighty, amen.
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But we don't want to
forget our daughters either.
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And so, we're going
to have little prayer for
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our daughters,
our granddaughters.
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May the Lord
bless you young ladies,
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may you be like
Sarah and like Rebecca,
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and like Liya and like Rachel.
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May you stand for the
right as Queen Esther did?
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May be faithful and
true like Ruth who is a
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progenitor of Jesus
Christ, may these young
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ladies grow to be
sweet and pure and
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be everything that
they can be, watch over them
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in a special way
in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen. Thank you. What is next?
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Okay, the next part
of the program is for me.
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He blesses me.
Actually he reads to me
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from our Proverbs.
I'm the blessing man.
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He is the blessing
man. And he reads from
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Proverbs 31,
sometimes John has read all
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Proverbs 31, but today
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we're going to
read only a portion.
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So are you ready to read to me?
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I'm ready. We don't
necessarily kneel to do
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this, okay, but I
think it's very important
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that the children
see that the father is
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affirming their
mother. Amen, I do too.
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And, and so that is
one of the purposes here
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and so, this is
in abbreviated form.
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Who can find a virtuous wife?
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I have. For her
wrath is far above rubies.
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For the heart of her
husband safely trust in her.
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She looks well to
the ways of her household
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and does not eat
the bread of idealness.
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Her children rise up
and called her blessed,
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her husband also and
he praises her saying,
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many daughters have done well,
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but you excelled them
all. A woman who fears
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the Lord she
shall be praised. Amen!
00:19:21.62\00:19:24.39
I always like to
hear him to that.
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He always makes me
feel really special.
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I can imagine
what a bonding feeling?
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Yeah it's very nice
and it's good for the
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children as he
said to hear this.
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When we first did
it, I said wonder why the
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Bibles book of
rubies? Why not diamonds
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or something like
that? But I was told that the
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rubies are more
valuable than diamonds.
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Oh! I see. Anyway so
I'm pretty glad with that
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we are rubies, you and
I and all the listening
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wives out there,
mothers who want to
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raise their families
and be the virtuous women.
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That's right.
Alright, now what's next?
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Okay, the next part
of the service is then we
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usually go into more singing.
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And then we have a
touching time because
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Friday night is a
touching time where
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you have your family
hugs, you enjoy hugging each
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other and, and
you tell each other,
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how important? And
we say this is very
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important when
we have grandmas and
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grandpas in the home
because sometimes they
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are skin hungry.
They want to be hugged
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and loved too. So
that's the good time.
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And then from there we
go into what we call the
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Kiddush, and say it again.
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Kiddush, okay. K-I-D-D-U-S-H.
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Okay. Kiddush! John what we do?
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We will have the
drinking of the juice
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which is, it's the
Bible speaks of wine,
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but this is grape
juice, and, unfermented,
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unfermented grape juice. Okay.
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And so we will drink
it and John would you
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lead us out in this section?
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So this is called the
Kiddush and this is like
00:21:04.93\00:21:09.91
toasting the bride at a wedding.
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And so what we do
is that we touch our
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glasses, we do or we
don't, you don't have to,
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I like it, okay. And then we say
00:21:21.70\00:21:23.83
Likhvod Hashabbat,
which means, Likhvod
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Hashabbat - "for the
glory of the Sabbath",
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for the glory to
Sabbath, for the glory.
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So we will. Let say it together,
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Likhvod Hashabbat, for
the glory of the Sabbath.
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And we wish we
could cheer with our
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audience, but.
Oh! This is precious.
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And are we to drink it
all? That's why we gave you
00:21:49.32\00:21:53.30
small glasses.
Often we have large
00:21:53.31\00:21:55.57
couplets at home and
we just drink for a long
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period of time and
enjoy. And we also say
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LeHayim this is
dedicated to life
00:22:02.65\00:22:06.02
that the grape
juice was symbolic of life
00:22:07.24\00:22:11.28
to the Jewish
people. I see, right 'cause
00:22:11.29\00:22:13.47
it was the life
blood of Christ for us.
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Can we take the hollow bread?
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Now the hollow bread
is often made with very
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white, white bread and
it is prepared either on
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Thursday or Friday.
And often there will be
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two loaves of bread,
two loaves, one is for
00:22:32.81\00:22:36.57
the two tables
of the Commandment,
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sometimes people
say it's like the double
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portion of Amana,
but I like just only
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one loaf and so that's
what I've done 'cause it
00:22:49.70\00:22:52.54
fits on my sofa bed.
Right! And so we will
00:22:52.55\00:22:58.72
have some bread and
Kathy we will let you
00:22:59.07\00:23:02.33
tear off you don't cut,
but you just tear it off.
00:23:02.34\00:23:06.87
We tear it off.
That's right, and it
00:23:06.88\00:23:09.68
there's a special recipe
John I'll hold it for you,
00:23:10.07\00:23:12.93
and the children like the bread.
00:23:15.74\00:23:17.42
Rachael makes hollow
bread, yes, she enjoys it
00:23:17.63\00:23:19.50
very much. Yes it's very nice.
00:23:19.51\00:23:21.26
And we're just going to
take a little portion and
00:23:21.27\00:23:23.97
we're gonna eat just a
little bit, and we wish
00:23:23.98\00:23:25.67
we could cheer with you all.
00:23:25.68\00:23:26.65
But I'm not
gonna eat all of this,
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but I just tore about.
I'm supposed to eat now.
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This is at this time
we eat the hollow bread.
00:23:30.94\00:23:33.84
And so this is the
Hamotzi, "Blessed art
00:23:35.20\00:23:39.60
thou, O Lord God,
King of the universe,
00:23:39.61\00:23:42.19
who brings forth
bread from the earth,
00:23:42.64\00:23:45.23
with joy we all eat the bread".
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And so they eat their
bread and then they're
00:23:50.65\00:23:53.13
often as
thinking. Now in our home
00:23:53.14\00:23:55.70
we usually don't
have the heavy meal
00:23:55.99\00:23:57.92
on Friday evening,
but we often will do this
00:23:58.47\00:24:02.85
until we don't
have the heavy meal,
00:24:03.78\00:24:05.34
but the Jewish
people often will have their
00:24:05.35\00:24:07.31
favorite meal then,
the women often wears
00:24:07.77\00:24:10.79
white and represent
purity. And they are just
00:24:10.80\00:24:17.34
special ritual.
Sometimes they will put
00:24:17.35\00:24:19.35
salt on the hollow
bread, which also has
00:24:19.36\00:24:23.92
a symbol which
means something to many of
00:24:24.58\00:24:28.20
the Jewish people.
And when you eat the
00:24:28.21\00:24:29.95
bread and after that
you have the main meal,
00:24:29.96\00:24:33.24
the main course.
Now what we do is
00:24:33.25\00:24:36.17
just sing Shalom
Chaverim, we sing it
00:24:36.62\00:24:39.99
together where there
is peace in the home and,
00:24:40.00\00:24:42.05
and we want God's
peace within our home
00:24:42.49\00:24:45.90
during the Sabbath
hours. So that's, that is just a
00:24:45.91\00:24:50.48
simple little
traditional activity, amen,
00:24:50.82\00:24:54.80
that can be in a home,
that can bring a blessing.
00:24:54.81\00:24:57.23
Now you spoke of how
they, how we can linger
00:24:58.45\00:25:02.04
long not wanting
the Sabbath to be gone
00:25:02.05\00:25:06.12
would you like to tell us a
00:25:07.30\00:25:08.75
little more about the stars?
00:25:08.76\00:25:10.64
It's the Jewish
people have this custom that
00:25:12.87\00:25:15.95
the Sabbath continues
until they can see five stars.
00:25:15.96\00:25:20.30
And so, we sometimes
send out the children
00:25:21.44\00:25:23.95
outside to see if they
see five stars not that
00:25:23.96\00:25:27.18
it's a doctrine of any kind.
00:25:27.19\00:25:28.77
No, not at all.
But it's sort of makes
00:25:28.78\00:25:30.68
a game out of it.
And they enjoy coming
00:25:30.69\00:25:33.36
and it's, I saw them
you know there's what.
00:25:33.37\00:25:35.76
Somebody says well
what happens if it's a
00:25:35.77\00:25:37.44
cloudy day. Yes,
we've heard that's we have.
00:25:37.45\00:25:40.69
Right, where we
have, we have clocks and
00:25:40.70\00:25:42.12
watches of course, but
the point is that even as
00:25:42.13\00:25:47.13
the Sabbath is received early
00:25:47.14\00:25:49.36
and we hate to see it
go. And at the other end of
00:25:50.07\00:25:54.82
all this and the
Friday night, and the Sabbath
00:25:54.83\00:25:57.19
night, then we gather
with the family and we
00:25:57.20\00:26:00.05
probably would
light the candles again.
00:26:00.06\00:26:02.06
And the children enjoy
lighting the candles and
00:26:03.29\00:26:07.02
revive for the
opportunity of lighting
00:26:07.03\00:26:09.53
them, of lighting
them. I would, I did.
00:26:09.54\00:26:11.04
One child and one
candle one another.
00:26:11.05\00:26:12.89
They'd like
blowing them out too.
00:26:12.90\00:26:14.46
They enjoy
blowing the candles out,
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.24
they are vital. Right!
And that's, are we going
00:26:17.25\00:26:20.93
to do that here
or do you want to?
00:26:20.94\00:26:22.54
We can do that. We
also will have fragrance
00:26:23.23\00:26:26.40
like our papery in
the home, which indicates
00:26:26.41\00:26:29.40
the Sabbath which is so special.
00:26:29.64\00:26:32.07
There is a fragrance
that goes from the Sabbath
00:26:32.47\00:26:35.45
and we want to
continue all week long.
00:26:35.46\00:26:36.43
Amen. So Friday
night and Sabbath night
00:26:37.99\00:26:42.41
are both very
special. Amen. And that one is
00:26:42.42\00:26:45.36
the counterpart of the other.
00:26:45.37\00:26:47.15
So as the sun is
setting in the West and maybe
00:26:47.68\00:26:50.79
has already set we
get together and the
00:26:50.80\00:26:53.28
incenses lighted
and perfumes the house
00:26:53.29\00:26:56.45
and we say Lord may
Your Spirit pervade and
00:26:56.79\00:27:00.49
perfume this coming
week and how sorry we
00:27:00.50\00:27:03.21
are to see Your
Holy Day gone, we wish it
00:27:03.22\00:27:06.20
would have lingered
longer, but until six
00:27:06.21\00:27:09.37
days from now when
again we welcome Your
00:27:09.38\00:27:13.27
Queen, the Sabbath,
we say farewell and then
00:27:13.28\00:27:17.52
of course comes the
blowing out of the candles.
00:27:17.72\00:27:20.52
Millie will let
you be the child to
00:27:20.53\00:27:22.49
blows up the candles.
00:27:22.50\00:27:23.72
Ah! That's
beautiful. I think in Spanish we
00:27:25.90\00:27:27.93
say Feliz Semana. Feliz Semana!
00:27:27.94\00:27:31.88
Which means,
happy week? Happy week!
00:27:31.89\00:27:34.98
And may the Lord bless
you as you learn to keep
00:27:35.37\00:27:38.46
the Sabbath day holy.
John, will you lead us
00:27:38.47\00:27:41.28
out with prayer?
Lord, we are thankful
00:27:41.29\00:27:44.64
for Your Queen the Sabbath,
00:27:44.65\00:27:46.23
we are thankful for
the joy this Sabbath has
00:27:46.88\00:27:49.04
brought to us. We
pray that this blessing
00:27:49.05\00:27:51.81
will be extensive to
each one of our viewers
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and we long for the day
that we will be together
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in heaven and to the new earth
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forth from the one Sabbath.
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