{"id":2247,"date":"2013-01-25T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T18:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2014-08-23T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T22:50:29","slug":"shabbat-shalom-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/25\/shabbat-shalom-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"Shabbat Shalom Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"

YHVH Commands Man to Work for Six Days<\/strong><\/p>\n

One can\u2019t fully appreciate the Sabbath unless one has worked during the previous six days, and, in turn, has a need for and, hence, a reason to rest. In fact, YHVH commands man to work for six days and bring in or to gather all his food. No gathering of food is to occur on the Sabbath.<\/p>\n

Six days ye shall gather it [manna]; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. (Exod 16:26)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After one has labored intensely all week, one is ready to rest, and happily so! It\u2019s time to \u201ckick back\u201d and to enjoy the fruits of one’s labors, and then to lift one\u2019s spiritual sights above the mundane plain in order to discover (or reconnect with) the greater and higher meaning life, which should involve loftier aspirations than merely slaving away for transitory material necessities and wants.<\/p>\n

The Preparation Day: Preparing for the Sabbath<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prepare food for Shabbat on the sixth day (Friday).<\/p><\/div>\n

The Creator not only commands man to work for six days as a precursor to resting on the seventh day, but to fully enjoy the peace, rest and sanctity of the Sabbath, the Scriptures instruct man also to prepare ahead of time for this day.<\/p>\n

And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily \u2026 And he said unto them, This is that which YHVH hath said, To morrow is the rest of the set-apart Sabbath unto YHVH: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. (Exod 16:5, 23; see also Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not only should food preparation be on our “to do” list for the sixth day, but consider doing the following as well to insure one’s full enjoyment of the Sabbath:<\/p>\n