[Avodah] Violate Shabbat to Save a Jentile

Michael Makovi mikewinddale at gmail.com
Wed Apr 23 06:00:48 PDT 2008


> It was Jesus who said, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the
> Sabbath."  It's in the New Testament.  Not exactly a halachic source.
> --Toby Katz

But maybe we can drink to the hava amina? But seriously...

http://www.aishdas.org/student/shabbat.htm

Yoma 85a-b
R. Yonatan ben Yosef[46] said: "For it is holy to you" (Exodus 31:14)
-- It is given to your hands and not you to its hands.
[46 Mekhilta has R. Shimon ben Menasia]

Mikha'el Makovi



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