Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Linking Pesach and Shabbat

Hi,

Food for thought; what is the Pesach and Shabbat connection? Isn't Shabbat universal [Creation of the World] and Pesach only Jewish [Exodus from Egypt]?

"Rav Acha bar Yaakov said: One must mention the departure from Egypt in kiddush [for Shabbat]. Regarding the departure from Egypt it says 'So that you should remember the day', and regarding Shabbat it says 'Remember the day of Shabbat, to sanctify it.'"

(Talmud, Pesachim 117b)

חג כשר ושמח,
Mordechai

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