Olam Haba, "the world to come", is likened to Sabbath; the day before Sabbath is called "the preparation" - Luk 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
(I had assumed that this was about preparing the Passover, but it seems there was a preparation day before the Sabbath.)
So, how do we prepare?
And are Jewish traditions relevent to what is to come? People do use Jewish tradtions to explain parts of the New Testament, such as Yeshua going to "prepare a place" is likened to a Jewish bridegroom going to prepare a place for his bride.
If the traditions are relevent, do they have a deeper meaning? Like that the Shabbat candles have to be lit 18 minutes before sundown.
Or I just read that in Talmudic times, the shofar was sounded six times -
"On Friday afternoon six shofarot were blown at short intervals. At the first teḳi'ah the laborers in the field ceased work; at the second the stores closed and city labor ceased; and the third teḳi'ah was a signal to light the Sabbath candles. Then after a short pause the shofar sounded teḳi'ah, teru'ah, teḳi'ah, and Sabbath set in (Shab. 35b)."
[quote from -SHOFAR - JewishEncyclopedia.com ]
So if we are in the preparation day, how do we prepare? And are there deeper meanings in the Jewish traditions of preparing for the Sabbath?
Any thoughts or insights?
(I had assumed that this was about preparing the Passover, but it seems there was a preparation day before the Sabbath.)
So, how do we prepare?
And are Jewish traditions relevent to what is to come? People do use Jewish tradtions to explain parts of the New Testament, such as Yeshua going to "prepare a place" is likened to a Jewish bridegroom going to prepare a place for his bride.
If the traditions are relevent, do they have a deeper meaning? Like that the Shabbat candles have to be lit 18 minutes before sundown.
Or I just read that in Talmudic times, the shofar was sounded six times -
"On Friday afternoon six shofarot were blown at short intervals. At the first teḳi'ah the laborers in the field ceased work; at the second the stores closed and city labor ceased; and the third teḳi'ah was a signal to light the Sabbath candles. Then after a short pause the shofar sounded teḳi'ah, teru'ah, teḳi'ah, and Sabbath set in (Shab. 35b)."
[quote from -SHOFAR - JewishEncyclopedia.com ]
So if we are in the preparation day, how do we prepare? And are there deeper meanings in the Jewish traditions of preparing for the Sabbath?
Any thoughts or insights?