"Shabbat: The Rest of the Story" Season 2, Episode 3

[katarinapragueguide]

very cool!!!

[susipunkrockprincess]

great video

[pika23]

It used to be fun on Saturday nights when I worked at a video store near Lakewood NJ, omg...like I think it was 10:30 or 11 at night...all the Orthodox and Hasidic folks poured in by the dozens because Shabbos was over and the could use electricity again! I am a huge fan of your particular culture as I explained when I messaged you (meaning I messaged JITC)and it was always a fun part of night. 

[Dessybaby1233]

The Maccabeats! (: I love them.

[MrSnobby24]

wonderful song.

[gomunkul]

Tell me why do you say SHABBAS when it's written shabbat and moreover it's pronounced in as SHABAT in Hebrew?

Happy new year.

[jewinthecity]

@gomunkul because i'm ashkanazi and we pronounce things differently. happy new year! :)

[VictorLepanto]

The following question is NOT to be controversial or critical of anyones observance, it is more intended as a point of technical clarifation. If I recall correctly the law on kindling fire during Shabbot also forbids gathering wood for a fire or putting out a fire. The point seems to be a limitation labor. Maintaining a fire was alot of work. Should merely starting a car engine then also be considered outlawed? As far walking is more effort then driving.

[jewinthecity]

@VictorLepanto thanks for your question - but it's not the *effort* that we are prohibited from on the Sabbath, it's *creative* acts that we refrain from. It's the jogging vs. drawing example I give. You don't have to break a sweat to violate the Sabbath b/c G-d didn't break a sweat to create the universe.

[VictorLepanto]

@jewinthecity: Oh, so it is like being in Heaven in a certain sense. When we enter into our eternal rest.

[jewinthecity]

@VictorLepanto kind of, actually. one of the things that we said about Shabbos is that it's m'ayn olam haba - that it's like a taste of the world to come.

[VictorLepanto]

@jewinthecity: I've been told that the Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said that the Sabbath is a kind of temple in time. As the physical Temple of Jerusalem was a point in space reserved for G-d, so the Sabbath is a point in time. A temporal Temple. Now I sound like I'm writing for a Star Trek episode.

I actually own a copy of Heschel's The Sabbath, one day I might actually even read it.

[valgoldberg]

your videos are very well done!!

[friedie1jeff]

This was a tremendous video. Shabbat is very special.

[challahbackgirl]

Your videos are all awesome, but the Maccabeats' Lecha Dodi makes this one the best :) Great video!!

[ninetteshi]

Shabbat.com and Jew in the city....what a team!!!

[loadstone007]

Wow, your videos are so great! They are produced at high quality and explain things at even higher quality!

Please make more videos like that!

BTW, Hebrew is my first language and I couldn't understand the words in the song. Do the Maccabeats know Hebrew, or are they guessing? ;)

[y2rock]

Thanks for your Videos, they are both informative and entertaining. G-d has given you talents and u are definitely using it well. Keep it up!

[dkbehr]

So clever! I love all the special effects! Great Job! Thanks!

[y2rock]

Part #1

Just wanted to add, that Shabbos was given to us as a way to testify that 'G-d created the world and maintains it'. Our testimony is based on our actions, the way we conduct ourselves on Shabbos. One cannot just get up and say I'm testifying that G-d created the world without backing it up with actions!

[y2rock]

Part #2

The laws of Shabbos are derived from the Tabernacle/Miskon. The Tabernacle was a symbol of the larger creation of the universe and the way the Tabernacle was built mirrored the inner workings of the creation of the universe. The creation of the world was done in six days and on the seventh day, G-d created a day of resting (ie no new creation was done).

[jewinthecity]

@y2rock thanks for your explanations here, but I want to add that not all Orthodox Jews believe that the world was created in 6 literal days. there are many of us that believe that science can but understood within the context of Torah. that's actually the topic of our next video!

[y2rock]

@jewinthecity

I did not say the 6 days were our 24 hour days. We don’t know what the first “6 days” looked like or how time was measured. The torah says, “on the 4th day the Sun was put into its place”, so in any case the first 3 days were not based on earth’s 24 hour orbit around the Sun.

Be that as it may, G-d used “6 days” as “work Days” and the 7th as Shabbos /Rest. When we follow that scheme our “actions and words” as explained previously demonstrate/testifies G-d created the Universe

[y2rock]

Part #3 To testify to G-d’s creation of the universe, on the seventh day of the week, Shabbos, we refrain from those things that represent creation, which are the 39 Melachos that were used to build the Tabernacle/Mishkon.

[y2rock]

Good work Keep it up!

I love your videos, they are very creative and impressive.

All the best

[trulymadnow]

Wow. I am very impressed. I read some of your blog entries, and have seen some of your videos a long time ago. This is amazing. Very well put together and impressive. May your work inspire other people and may Hashem be pleased.

Wonderful.

G-d bless.



[MrRaymondew]

I am one of those non-Jews, an African American male as a matter of fact, who just discovered JITC and will be posting this one on my Facebook page today. I personally have found the 8 episodes that I have viewed so far to be both "enlightening" as well as "entertaining!" "Smooth Judaism' (101) for me!

[stars1836]

Beautiful video

On shabbos we unplug and can recharge ourselves while connecting with family, friends, and Hashem(G-d)

[GnatTwo]

What a great song, had to buy it!

[jewinthecity]

Not a silly question at all, but the site is meant for Jews specifically, though if a non-Jew was interested in learning about Shabbat in order to convert, s/he might be able0 to use it. There are many non-Jews that love JITC - so you're neither silly nor weird! :)

[bennettcullen]

Hi! i hope this isn't a silly question, but do you have to be jewish to use the website? I'm very curious in a great way since i love all cultures.

And is it weird that i love your videos even though i'm not jewish? :)

[mamazissa]

Very nice!

[beatboxsimchayaffa]

nice

[lostinmyregrets94]

kol hakavod to you, i love this

[tzedekyahu]

I love the production quality, delivery, and subject content of all of your videos. Thank you very much for sharing with everybody. Three hours to go...shabbas shalom!

[Zumoffj]

Hey, it's Justin Z. Love the video very well made and entertaining. Good speaking voice too!

[doodleflo]

great video, kinda reminds me of the old spice guy ads.

[jewinthecity]

@doodleflo oh good! we were hoping it would remind you of exactly that!

[brabon1]

it is a total break from the everyday world

its very healthy, if you really think about it

[AbuAvital]

Glad to see you're back on line. You break up hard subjects into managable bites and give me much to chew on for many days.

[dwpool1962]

Good video thanks for the information

[thewonderingjew]

Amazing Job! Please keep up the great work,

thewonderingjew

[lizzieworld13]

who is singing the song in the video ?

[jewinthecity]

@lizzieworld13 the Maccabeats!

[darkie3424]

@lizzieworld13 the song is called lecha dodi...by the maccabeats.

[JourneyForJonnie]

Wow, that was worth the wait!

[shmuelg]

wonderful video!!!!!!!!keep it up!

[dnanban]

She is acting the part of an orthodox Jew as orthodox Jewish women don't wear nail varnish (even in the US)

[InyriMaano]

Great video - informative and fun like all of your vids but the production values on this one are so much higher! Excellent work. :-)

[liberty1211]

glad to see you back... and congratulation to your new born :)

[pigeonsgowoot]

This was a wonderful video, thank you so much for making it!!

[Laugh247]

You and your videos are wonderful and amazing! My relatives love these videos!!!!

[ken05777]

the song is awsome! were can I find this version?.

[Laugh247]

@ken05777 On iTunes... the song is called "Lecha Dodi" by The Maccabeats from the album "Voices from the Heights" AMAZING GROUP and ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sweetncool]

This was a cool video! My family & I are Judeo-Christian & we do Shabbat each week too :)

[dmwdevil]

At first I thought "is the 'what we do on Shabbat' part limited to a fancy meal with the family?" But then I thought that, of all the religious-type things we do on Shabbat, the meal is something that can be appreciated by everyone regardless of affiliation or background.

Well done!

[Dolljewel]

finally!!!