The Deeper Connection Between שבת and Creation
Please answer the following questions in essay format. Your assignment should be typed, 1.5 spaced, 12 font Arial, one side of a page with 1 inch margins.
Papers are due Monday, November 15th, either in Hard Copy or emailed by the beginning of class to rabbib@torahacademy.org
1. What does it mean that G-d rested from creating the world? In your answer please make sure to bring a proof from a source from the Tanach that shows that this rest was not a physical rest.
2. How can we emulate G-d’s actions in this way?
3. How does our refraining from Melacha bring us to the idea that G-d created the world?
4. What order exists in the days of creation going from the first to the last. What would we have expected to happen on the 7th day?
5. According to the Medrash, what was created on the 7th day?
6. Why is שבת considered a day of ‘eternity’?
Please answer the following questions in essay format. Your assignment should be typed, 1.5 spaced, 12 font Arial, one side of a page with 1 inch margins.
Papers are due Monday, November 15th, either in Hard Copy or emailed by the beginning of class to rabbib@torahacademy.org
1. What does it mean that G-d rested from creating the world? In your answer please make sure to bring a proof from a source from the Tanach that shows that this rest was not a physical rest.
2. How can we emulate G-d’s actions in this way?
3. How does our refraining from Melacha bring us to the idea that G-d created the world?
4. What order exists in the days of creation going from the first to the last. What would we have expected to happen on the 7th day?
5. According to the Medrash, what was created on the 7th day?
6. Why is שבת considered a day of ‘eternity’?
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