{"id":1601,"date":"2011-11-30T22:55:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T22:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2011-11-30T23:11:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T23:11:12","slug":"whats-sabbath-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2011\/11\/whats-sabbath-for.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s Sabbath For?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There\u2019s a constant murmur among the crowd. Suppose you were close enough to a swarm of bees, you\u2019d probably be hearing something similar. Except that this swarm is praying. They\u2019re speaking Hebrew at a very fast pace in an undertone that makes language barely recognizable. Which is odd, because the prayer they\u2019re reciting is for recognition.<\/p>\n

\u201cDays pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles. Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. And let there be moments when your presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sabbath is beginning. It\u2019s Friday night just as the sun is setting. Jews all over the globe come together at precisely the same moment and call out to God in a prayer for light and vision. The Sabbath is a spectacle of celebration. Sadness, worry and stress are suspended for twenty-four bliss-filled hours.<\/p>\n

The wonder of observing the Sabbath is not just in the relief it provides. It\u2019s more than a renewal of spirit, or a comfortable gathering of community. Sabbath is a time to see miracles. Who among us couldn\u2019t use at least one weekly miracle? And here\u2019s where true wonder comes in: Life is a miracle, every waking moment.<\/p>\n

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