How does the Jewish community celebrate the Sabbath?
What will be an ideal response?
One of the Ten Commandments orders that the Sabbath, or seventh, day of the week be kept holy. This day begins at sunset on Friday and concludes on sunset on Saturday. Sabbath usually starts off at home, with a festive meal for which the whole family is present. The ritual lighting of the Sabbath candles precedes the meal. At least eighteen minutes before sundown on Friday, the mother and daughters light the candles, usually on the dining table, to welcome the Sabbath. The command goes on to say that no work may be done on the Sabbath. This rest from work is connected to both the creation of the world and the giving of the Torah. The Talmud interprets this strictly; that is why traditional Jews have tended to live within walking distance of the synagogue, because to walk too far is considered work.
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What will be an ideal response?
Concerning God’s relationship to history, Augustine claims
a. God works in history, but his purposes can be frustrated by human choices. b. God is concerned only with the eternal destiny of human souls and not with the events in history. c. God has total, complete control over every event in history. d. historical events are entirely the result of human choices to which God’s responds if he deems it necessary.