the sabbath day changed to sunday in 618 – 907.
the sabbath day changed to sunday in 618 – 907.
when did the sabbath day change to sunday?
618 – 907
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the sages of israel permitted an israelite to extend his "sabbath limit" for another 2,000 cubits, in what is known as "ʿeruḇ tǝḥūmīm" (the amalgamation of boundaries), and which, if proper care had been taken on the eve of sabbath to set-up a temporary abode at the prescribed 2,000 cubits' distance, would count as a man's sabbath abode and would facilitate his going beyond the one biblical mile limit on the sabbath day for another biblical mile. setting up a temporary abode in this manner required of him to deposit on the eve of sabbath enough food for two meals in an accessible place at the spot of the current 2,000 cubit limit, but did not require of him to actually rest there. he would also declare there, "let my cessation of labor (heb. "shǝvitathi") be in this place." for the "ʿeruḇ tǝḥūmīm" to be effective, the food must be prepared by day (before the sabbath) and be still in existence when sabbath commences. even so, this was a special allowance, and was only permitted when a certain religious duty or function warranted going beyond two-thousand cubits on the sabbath day. since the sabbath day limit of 2,000 cubits was a rabbinic ordinance, the rabbis had the power to exercise leniency in what concerns its proper observance. the mishnah ("shabbat" 23:5), however, prohibits a man from going out as far as the "sabbath limit" and waiting there till nightfall (until the sabbath departs) in order to engage forthwith in some business activity or in labor otherwise forbidden to do on the sabbath day, since by preemptively going out on the sabbath day for such purposes, even if it is merely to wait there until nightfall to get an early start, he transgresses a different prohibition of not being absorbed in one's own personal business affairs and thoughts on the sabbath day . if, however, it was merely to call back an animal that had gone astray, he is permitted to stand at the "sabbath limit" and call out to his animal, and thereby have the animal come back within his domain on its own power.
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