Shabbat (Sabbath) is mentioned over 170 times in the Bible, one-third of those in the Besora Tova HaGeula (Good News of Redemption). In the first book of the hebrew Scriptrures, in Bereshit / Genesis 2:3 tells us "God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy" as the final act of Creation. It has been thousands of years since creation, and the holiness of the Shabbat day remains, whether we acknowledge it or not. Our calendars tell us that Saturday is the seventh day of the week and Sunday the first day. Observant Jews still celebrate the Shabbat on the seventh day. Why? Because God blessed and sanctified it. Before God gave the Torah at Mount Sinai, He re-emphasized the weekly cycle by giving manna to the Israelites six days, but not on the Shabbat day (Shemot / Exodus 16:14-26). That weekly Shabbat is also mentioned in [...]
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Parshat Bashalach in the Torah not only teaches about how HaShem split the Red Sea, but it also teaches us the secret of an easy income, or making a living effortlessly, with no headaches, without breaking our backs like a pack mule, and without working from sunup until sundown. “Parshat HaMan”, which you’ll find in Exodus 16:4-36 ...
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