The Origin of the Blessing over the Sabbath Light: The Shift from Obligation to Miẓvah
The Geonim in Babylonia made blessing the Sabbath light the halakhah over a period from the ninth to the tenth centuries CE. A blessing with the words, "Who commanded us" makes the ritual a miẓvah. In the Talmud the Amoraim had defined kindling the Sabbath light as an obligation rather tha...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 149-161 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Babylon
/ Geonim
/ Sabbath
/ Light
/ Ritual
/ Halacha
/ Karaites
/ Mizva
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Halakhah
B kindling the Sabbath light B Geonim B Talmud |
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