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<point><b>Shabbat</b> – The understanding of Shabbat as the seventh day of the week would seem to be the simple meaning of the word as supported by multiple verses in Torah.  See, for example, Shemot 20:7,10, Shemot 31:14-15 and Devarim 5:12-15.<fn>It should be noted, though, that in many of its appearances in Torah the word "Shabbat" might not connote a proper noun, the name of a day of the week, but might more generally be pointing to a day in which something ceased.  See, for example, its usage in Shemot 15:25-25 or Vayikra 23:3, and the opinion below which takes this understanding in Vayikra 23:15 as well.  See, though, Solomon b. Yerucham who argues that the definitive "ה"  in the beginning of the word "הַשַּׁבָּת" suggests that it is a defined day, known from beforehand as the special day of the week, Shabbat.</fn></point> | <point><b>Shabbat</b> – The understanding of Shabbat as the seventh day of the week would seem to be the simple meaning of the word as supported by multiple verses in Torah.  See, for example, Shemot 20:7,10, Shemot 31:14-15 and Devarim 5:12-15.<fn>It should be noted, though, that in many of its appearances in Torah the word "Shabbat" might not connote a proper noun, the name of a day of the week, but might more generally be pointing to a day in which something ceased.  See, for example, its usage in Shemot 15:25-25 or Vayikra 23:3, and the opinion below which takes this understanding in Vayikra 23:15 as well.  See, though, Solomon b. Yerucham who argues that the definitive "ה"  in the beginning of the word "הַשַּׁבָּת" suggests that it is a defined day, known from beforehand as the special day of the week, Shabbat.</fn></point> | ||
| − | <point><b>Various mentions of Shabbat</b> – | + | <point><b>Various mentions of Shabbat</b> – Alkumsi and Solomon b. Yerucham point out that one of the advantages of this approach<fn>They attack the Rabbinate position for their inconsistency.</fn> is that it is consistent in understanding the word "Shabbat" in all three of its occurrences in <a href="Vayikra23-9-22" data-aht="source">Vayikra 23:15-16</a>  as referring to the seventh day of the week.<fn></fn></point> |
<point><b>Lack of date</b></point> | <point><b>Lack of date</b></point> | ||
<point><b>Yehoshua</b></point> | <point><b>Yehoshua</b></point> | ||
Version as of 08:21, 28 April 2015
MiMachorat HaShabbat
Exegetical Approaches
Shabbat Bereshit
Within Chag HaMatzot
Sources:Baytusim, Samaritans, Karaites - Daniel Alkumsi the Karaite, Solomon b. Yerucham the Karaite, Yefet (commentary), Levi b,. Yefet, R. Aharon b. Yosef (Hamuvchar) Keter Torah, opponents in R. Saadia Gaon, Karaites in Kuzari
What must be within Chag MaMatzot?
- ממחרת השבת – According to the Karaites, the "day following the Shabbat" (rather than Shabbat itself) must fall within the week of Chag Hamatzot. Thus, one could conceivably bring the Omer offering and start counting as early as the 15th of Nissan.1
- השבת – The Samaritans, in contrast, maintain that the Shabbat itself (not the "day following the Shabbat") must fall within the holiday. As such, one would never bring the Omer offering before the fifteenth, but depending on when Shabbat were to fal, one might bring it as late as the 22nd, after the conclusion of teh festival.
Shabbat – The understanding of Shabbat as the seventh day of the week would seem to be the simple meaning of the word as supported by multiple verses in Torah. See, for example, Shemot 20:7,10, Shemot 31:14-15 and Devarim 5:12-15.2
Various mentions of Shabbat – Alkumsi and Solomon b. Yerucham point out that one of the advantages of this approach3 is that it is consistent in understanding the word "Shabbat" in all three of its occurrences in Vayikra 23:15-16 as referring to the seventh day of the week.4
Lack of date
Yehoshua
