Pilgrimage
“We have returned to the guesthouse in Jerusalem, and I’m watching the flurry of activity that precedes this day of rest. The Hebrew word for Sabbath—Shabbat—means to stop. And when the sun sets today at 4:47 p.m., all work will cease whether it’s finished or not. The public buses will all return to the station and cease running. In homes and apartments all over Jerusalem, people will turn off their televisions and computers and cell phones, they’ll stop checking their email and text messages. R...ight now the chefs in our guesthouse kitchen are racing to finish our special Shabbat meal, knowing that the stoves and ovens must be turned off before sunset, whether the food is cooked or not. I’ve been assured that our meal will be done.The Jewish people have been celebrating Shabbat for centuries, in cities and villages, in ghettos and gulags and concentration camps. They know how to keep the Sabbath. As I celebrate it with them here in Israel, I’m learning to see it the way they do: as a gift from God.MoreLess
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