The Sabbath - why Saturday?

[Tzaphkiel]

Here is a handy date converter that shows Hebrew calendar date and Parsha portion

https://www.hebcal.com/converter/

And this one you can plug in your location anywhere and it shows candle lighting times

https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?geo=...ad=+28804&m=50

[Tzaphkiel]

I also think it is valuable when people find discrepancies /inconsistencies in whatever it is they are studying and recognize something is......amiss. That is telling. I think they recognize that Judaism, well, wrote the book.

[mensaguy]

Originally Posted by rosends

No, you have your stilted misunderstanding of things, stocked with cherry picked phrases in poor translation in order to validate your errors. The text is quite clear -- the sabbath is based on a solar day/night cycle but the holidays are based on the lunar month cycle. You don't have to like it, but that's the way it is.

Thanks for your clarity, rabbi.

Thanks to all of the regulars for putting up with this.