The Talmud1 asks the same question, and answers that the source is the verse: "And it was evening and it was morning, one day."2 From there the Talmud infers that the day follows the night.
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Posted: Feb 24, 2008
To Anonymous
there must have been one sabbath day since the Temple had mandated Sabbbath sacrifices and the Manna didn't fall one day a week for everybody
Posted By gershon m
Posted: Feb 24, 2008
Sabbath
To Anonymous:
Genesis says that God created for six days and rested on the seventh. This is why we (Jews) rest on the seventh day.
Posted By Stephen Weinstein, Camarillo, CA via chabadcamarillo.com
Posted: Feb 21, 2008
sabbath
I have been a sabbath keeper most of my life but in looking into the law I find only that it says to work seven days and rest and worship one day. Is this just an example of how we are to work? Since jewish people have had the law I want to know how saturday sabbath was established. Thank you.
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