[Avodah] Shabbos Elevator Pitch

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 09:27:23PM -0500, Rich, Joel wrote:
: R' Gil recently posted on Hirhurim:
:  "R. Yaakov horowitz's latest column quotes a woman who describes the
: beauty of Shabbos in that it is 1) a time to be with family...

: R. Sa'adia Ga'on (Emunos Ve-Dei'os 3:2) lists the following logical
: reasons for Shabbos and holidays, which he believes is generally about
: obedience to God but has secondary reasons as well
: 1.	to rest from work 
: 2.	to spend time acquiring wisdom 
: 3.	for extended prayer 
: 4.	to meet with others to study religion
: I find it noteworthy that he did not include in his list anything about
: family gatherings and spending time together...

Isn't family the ultimate embodiment of RSG's no.s 1 and 4?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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