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| The Sabbath: Our Day of Freedom & Family Life |
| 1/10/1997 |
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Someone offers you a holiday. It will, he says, be an experience of total relaxation. No work, no phones, no faxes, no cars, no shopping, no television, no radio, just perfect quiet and peace. Best of all, there are no bills. The holiday is free. There is such a break. It involves a journey, not from one place to another, but from one time zone to another. It is called the Sabbath - the most original contribution of the Bible to civilisation, and still the most sublime. Today is Shabbat B... |
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| God's Message is One of Hope |
| 1/9/1997 |
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Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year which begins this Wednesday evening - signals the start of ten days of intense self-examination culminating in Yom Kippur, the Day of Attonement. For me these days have never lost their power to create an atmosphere of vivid spirituality. The synagogue is full. And from the sound of the ram's horn on Rosh Hashanah to the climax of the fasting and prayer on Yom Kippur, you can almost touch the divine presence. We come before God, bringing Him our li... |
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