
Talmud, Midrash, Halacha....Oh My!
Israel Bible Podcast
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You Can't Break the Commandment of the Sabbath to Save Life
At this time, jews were adamant about keeping the sabbath. The selucid armies realized that one day a week the jews did not fight back when under attack. That was a bad hullaha and they would wipe us out completely. So base good decision was made: No, we fight unchabat. We fight to live another day. And so there's a whole of tradition that focuses on just working out the commandments. In some of the teachings of jesus, where he deals with some of the aspects of the commandments, or how to do it,. He says you can't emphasize one commandment over the other. There's a much greater and weight
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