Jun

6 2019

Toil & Leisure: How Shabbat changed as definitions of work and rest changed

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth 201 South 3rd Ave.
Highland Park, NJ 08904
7325456482 LTondow@hpct-cae.org
http://hpct-cae.org

Contact Linda Tondow
7325456482
LTondow@hpct-cae.org
http://hpct-cae.org

$ Cost $ 50.00

Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz leads this six session class. Rabbinic tradition has generally divided observance of Shabbat into two major categories: melakhah and shevut, the prohibition on labor and the obligation to rest. These two categories will be explored, arguing that refraining from work is a necessary element of Shabbat, but not a sufficient one. We will ask what it means to perform a positive act by resting. Finally, we will ask how our understanding of these two categories should inform our contemporary observance of Shabbat.

Sponsor: Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth