One Aggieland-only tradition is "The Spirit of Shabbat." The Hebrew word Shabbat provides us with the English word, Sabbath. In the Jewish world Shabbat, the seventh day after creation, begins at sundown on Friday night and lasts until Sundown, on Saturday night. The practice of beginning a day with sundown is a long Biblical tradition. For example, Genesis reads: Vayehi erev, vayehi boker, yom echad/It was evening and then morning, the first day."
The idea of Sabbath is unique to Judaism and Christianity. These are the only two major religions that demand a cessation of work on God's holy day. Due to the Ten Commandments, Shabbat is perhaps the best-known Jewish holy day. Yet ironically, the Jewish marking of the seventh day is perhaps the least understood part of Judaism.
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