Restless Rest

How practical is it to STOP one day a week and just rest? And how do we define sabbath rest? Is it okay to push an elevator button, or help a stray animal, or drive to the store? The problem of Sabbath is a direct challenge to our culture of produce, excel, consume. Rabbi Eric and Reverend Joel wonder about the origins and purpose of Sabbath, and why so many people avoid it entirely or take it too far.

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Show Notes:

39 categories of work that are prohibited on Shabbat:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/102032/jewish/The-39-Melachot.htm

 

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How to follow Rabbi Eric

Twitter @geekyrabbi

Blog Geeky Rabbi | Theology, Technology and a bit of Music

Home - Congregation Children of Israel, Athens Georgia (ccisrael.org)

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How to follow Rev. Joel

Twitter @treblotj

Blog Cross Purposes | Blog of Rev. Joel Tolbert

Presbyterian Church of Chestertown – Planted Deep. Growing Strong. Reaching Wide. (presbyterianchestertown.org)

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Music "Modulation in the Spirit" by Little Glass Men, Composer Ryan Claus (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)