Sabbath / Sabbatical Year
Posted by H. Carla Greene on Monday, February 21, 2011
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SABBATH as a noun, means a day of rest. Most christian religions accept the weekly day of rest as being observed on Sunday, the first day of the week. The Mosaic law, or the law as presented by Moses in biblical references, referred to the weekly sabbath as being required to be observed on the 7th day of the week. In addition to the weekly sabbath, biblical law also recognized 7 other sabbaths. These other sabbaths included The Day of Atonement, The Feast of Trumpets, The Feast of Pentecost, The Feast of Tabernacles, The Last Great Day, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, and Passover.
Those christian churches that still observe these days accept The Days of Unleavened Bread as being of a 7 day length with only one of the days being a sabbath.
The Jews recognize Yom Kippur as lasting 10 days, while christians, calling it the Day of Atonement, see it as only lasting 1 day.
In addition, these are observed beginning with the setting of the sun the evening prior and ending with the setting of the sun on the calender day of the sabbath.
The bile records only 3 of these yearly sabbath as being holy.
SABBATICAL YEAR as a noun, has two available meanings.
SABBATH as a noun, means a day of rest. Most christian religions accept the weekly day of rest as being observed on Sunday, the first day of the week. The Mosaic law, or the law as presented by Moses in biblical references, referred to the weekly sabbath as being required to be observed on the 7th day of the week. In addition to the weekly sabbath, biblical law also recognized 7 other sabbaths. These other sabbaths included The Day of Atonement, The Feast of Trumpets, The Feast of Pentecost, The Feast of Tabernacles, The Last Great Day, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, and Passover.
Those christian churches that still observe these days accept The Days of Unleavened Bread as being of a 7 day length with only one of the days being a sabbath.
The Jews recognize Yom Kippur as lasting 10 days, while christians, calling it the Day of Atonement, see it as only lasting 1 day.
In addition, these are observed beginning with the setting of the sun the evening prior and ending with the setting of the sun on the calender day of the sabbath.
The bile records only 3 of these yearly sabbath as being holy.
SABBATICAL YEAR as a noun, has two available meanings.
- A year a person may take off from work and/or normal activities as a sabbatical leave.
- A year of rest given to land where the land is not farmed or used in any capacity. All produce from the land during these sabbatical years, such as fruit from the trees or any unintentional produce, was required to be given free to the poor and fatherless. This is commonly believed to have been instituted as part of the old biblical law during the time of Moses. Although it is only recorded in the bible as of the time of Mosaic law, there are some churches who believe it was in effect from the beginning of mankind, the creation of Adam and Eve. It was observed every 7th year and every 50th year. As a result, within the time frame of every 50 years, the land was not used the 7th year, the 14th year, the 21st year, the 28th year, the 35th year, the 42nd year, or the combination of the 49th and 50th years.
