INTRODUCTION: the goal of this is to provide simple description about judaism with no need for prior background since each issue will be explained and each source explained.
chapter one how to do sabbath?
for beginners sabbath is noticable and important. in the past people worked on saturday. they would hire workers to work all week including saturday because the employer had vacation sunday to allow going to church and not work. many jews worked as expected but some did not go to their jobs and got fired from the job. jewish kids sing the song "aint gonna work on saturday, even for triple pay." in israel some jewish sects teach adults to practice "aint gonna work ALL week." so the adults go to religious schools. probably.
back to the cute rhyme, it is cute until they learn that they will lose thier job and not have money to pay for their home. the talmud provides the solution "make your sabbath regular and do not rely on people" this has been interpreted a certain way but truly said make your sabbath regular for those who need the money the religion instructs them to work on saturday.
if a jew wants to fit in with the jews of this generation then they will be led far away from the "tradition" that was transmitted by previous generations. if you want judaism, and if you respect jewish tradition then "something" was transmitted from the ancient jews so IF you respect Jewish tradition then you must NOT try to fit in with orthodox because of the many differences as i will explain. if you ignore tradition then no rules at all!
when does "sabbath" start?
which day am i reffering to? "saturday" called "shabbat" in modern hebrew or sabath in english or shobbis in u.s., when does it start? respect for jew tradition demands interpreting "the day of sabath" as starting when sun light lights the sky in the dawn of saturday as i will explain.
the word day is defined "by God himself" in the bible "god called to the light day" day=light. but orthodox jews rebel against their own book. they claim "same as day of atonement starts at dark as written from eve until eve" same every "date starts at dark" which is opposite from their God's words dark is opposite of light.
in fact it also violates two methods in oral tradition as i will explain.
first the "oral law" teaches certain "methods" for interpreting. one that is relevant to is the method "two similar laws must not teach to others." this is used for interpreting "something" in talmud kidushin. since the idea is tradition then respect for tradition defines shabat as the time of light. since the idea is TRUE we must not teach from the two, atonement and passover to any other that they are eve.
when i gave a rabbi a chance to "wiggle out" he could only lie that "only three" which is refuted by halaka two is the true interpretation in rabbi isac rif.
since the method is true therefore respect obligates not to equate any day including sabbath to to atonement and passover.
another method they sin against is the rule "grab the least". if we have doubt is sabbath MANY hours or few? from eve to eve 26 hours is more than light time sometimes ten hours in winter or 14 hours in summer the method of halaka obligates "grab less" so we must grab the less time which is light which mathces Gods definition. if it did not we would still "apply the method" as taught in talmud "we must follow the majority even against God." due to the traditional method so the method defines the custom therefore we must grab less but "grabbing more is not a grab" according to tradition so we must not grab more time as the orthodox sin starting sabbath shabbat at the wrong time grabbing more which violates the rule "grab less". source talmud hagiga and talmud kiddushin.
they will violate many more of their own laws "friday afternoon and night".
the "time limit" of friday increases the stress and pressure on friday people rush dangerously due to the time limit which is "religiously wrong as above."
they will claim "you must pray three times a day" which does not accurately represent jewish tradition. the truth is the "standing prayer" is blessings and the talmud specified "one who wants to be a hassid fulfills the things of blessings" the laws in that book and since this is true "not everybody wants to be a hassid" they must teach blessings are for "one who wants" as above this differs from religious obligation and not truly obligated to read prayers for example friday afternoon nor night.
if someone wants to be a hassid then they will fulfill the reading of shma and if so the tradition teaches "must not delay" but trying to fit in with orthodox not only violates the law "prayer of sabbath is earlier than the week" yet they pray LATER than the week, and lie prayer blessings are obligation refuted above that is two steps away from tradition but worse they must "precede" shma meaning do it right away! so if the time for sjma is two hours before sunset as rabbi moshe rama wrote then that is the time to "do before" and must not delay. after the end of that reading "must not interrupt between it and the word true emet" as the mishna taught. so the orthodox are further away from the tradtion and following them will lead you far from the "message transmitted in tradition" they will be many steps away claiming you must say the blessings not only "one who wants" as above" they will delay the reading of hear called shma after long wait of time and other readings when they must not delay as above. saying shma "before the other readings' is also not a compromise because must not interrupt between the reading of hear and the word true emet. yet they will delay in time and delay by reading OTHER things first. we see that orthodox rabbis are not a source for information about jewish tradition and that is the FIRST lesson TO EMPHASIZE. We need the teachers to earn out rtust not just accept what they say ever and worse when we see they teach different than the methods of tradition as above.
instead if you respect jewish tradition, dont you? respect obligates must not go to the prayer places nor to the rabbis of orthodox shul etc. where they will lead you away from tradition.
we must teach blessings, including prayer blessings are for "one who wants to be a hassid" truly for that person not every jew.
we must not delay the reading of hear, listen called shma by reading other things first such as psalms or blessings or even sitting silently waiting delays the ceremonial reading with no excuse since the time is two hours before sunset and even the amora rabbi named rab said the sabbath prayers before sabbath to teach not to delay. we should be like him not like the orthodox jews which differ!
they will read psalms friday night before shma delaying the ceremonial reading and this violates the religious law as above. they will read blessings before shma yet not only does this delay the ceremonial reading but also the religious leaders in talmud specified "not to go like rabbi meir" and he is the source for those blessings and he is the one who said "forbidden to eat without blessings" so respect for jewish tradition if rabbis respected would teach not to go like rabbi meir. so i teach that!
after shma must not interrupt between shma and the word true. the orthodox go further away from the original jews. they will claim they must say a blessing for shabat but if so they must do that immediately yet instead they delay it with other readings. the truth about jew tradition is that this blessing lacks a source in mishna shabat so we must not say the blessing even one who wants to be a hassid. and if so are permitted to read yet those readings of orthodox also lack a source that THE TIME to read them is friday night so instead respect for jewish tradition obligates to keep away from orthodox as above and eat normal on friday. any law of sabbath rest is not the dark time as above. even if shabat would forbid electricity it is the time of light as above not time fo dark so watch your technology entertainment and rest the way you feel rested for example watching videos using electronic technology.
chapter two saturday morning
to be continued.