Thursday, July 22, 2010
THE OU'S Taryag: The 613 Mitzvos mitzva 31. Yom HaShishi: The obligation to sanctify the Sabbath verbally
We are commanded to remember Shabbos, but that doesn’t mean rolling over in bed and thinking, “Oh, yeah… it’s Saturday.” Rather, we are commanded to praise the day out loud, over a cup of wine. We call this “Kiddush,” meaning “to sanctify,” since that’s what we were commanded to do. Likewise, we escort Shabbos out through the analogous blessing of Havdalah, which marks the separation between “holy” time and “secular” time.
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