KATHARINE WEISS: THERE'S A SPECIFIC THING
THAT HE'S GIVEN TO US AS A GIFT
AND IT'S CALLED THE SABBATH.
JONATHAN WEISS: FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
THIS PATTERN IS SHOWN TO US, AS BELIEVERS,
THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A TIME OF REST.
GOD, THE OMNIPOTENT ONE, THE ALPHA, THE OMEGA,
THE BEGINNING AND THE END, OUTSIDE OF TIME,
STILL GIVES US A MODEL FOR TIME;
AND HOW WE NEED TO FIND A TIME TO SIT AND SOAK
AND BE WITH HIM.
MYLES WEISS: AND WE CALL IT THE HEART OF SHABBAT
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A LITURGICAL, NECESSARILY,
KEEPING WITH HALAKHA, OR RABBINICAL LAW,
AND RABBINICAL TRADITION.
WE WANT THEM TO FIND THE HEART OF THE LORD IN IT.
IT'S A DISCIPLINE THAT YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO
AND GOD MEETS YOU IN THAT DISCIPLINE.
AND IT'S A DISCIPLINE OF CEASING FROM YOURSELF,
CEASING FROM YOUR OWN WORKS,
TO ENTER INTO HIS WORK.
WELCOME TO THE PODCAST, Y'ALL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHABBAT.
WE ARE.
WHILE WE HAD YOU GUYS IN TOWN,
WE HAD TO CAPTURE A MOMENT IN STUDIO
TO GO OVER SHABBAT AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
WE LOVE SHABBAT, AND AS OUR KIDS ARE GETTING OLDER,
BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE, IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME,
WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD,
WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD,
WE HAVE A NINE-MONTH-OLD.
AND SO SHABBAT IS BECOMING EVEN MORE OF A TRADITION
THAT WE WANT TO EMBRACE, AND EVEN MORE OF SOMETHING
THAT WE REALLY GET TO CELEBRATE.
BECAUSE WHEN THE KIDS ARE SO LITTLE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE JUST IN SURVIVAL MODE.
NOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING OLDER,
YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH ASHER BEING FIVE,
IT'S LIKE REALLY BECOMING FUN, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
YES, IT'S BECOMING A LOT MORE FUN.
OUR BOYS LOVE TO WORSHIP,
BUT I THINK WE MADE A DECISION THIS YEAR
THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL
ABOUT DOING SHABBAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS ALWAYS RAISING
THE SHABBAT FLAG BY MYSELF.
BUT THEN I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR YOU FINALLY --
REBECCA: I RAISED IT, TOO.
THIS IS WHAT -- YOU NEED TO HAVE THE WOMAN OF THE HOME
BRINGING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
RIGHT.
SHE LIGHTS THE CANDLES.
SHE LIGHTS THE CANDLES ON SHABBAT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO ALL THAT FUN STUFF.
SO I FEEL LIKE EVEN THOUGH
I WAS RAISING A LITTLE SHABBAT FLAG
BY MYSELF OVER HERE,
I FINALLY HAD YOU DOING IT.
AND THEN THE STRENGTH AND THE UNITY OF US
DOING IT TOGETHER
KATHARINE: RIGHT.
REALLY IS MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE STARTED DOING IT,
I REALLY FELT GOD'S PRESENCE TANGIBLY.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED,
WE STARTED LISTENING TO WORSHIP MUSIC IN HEBREW
FROM THIS INCREDIBLE
MESSIANIC ISRAELI BAND, CORRECT?
YEAH.
BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT ONE,
I STARTED PLAYING THIS OLD THROWBACK ALBUM
THAT WE USED TO LISTEN TO WITH YOU ON OUR WAY TO SCHOOL.
YOU REMEMBER THAT REALLY OLD SCHOOL
BARRY AND BATYA ALBUM?
OH, SURE.
WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE. [ LAUGHTER ]
I KNOW IT WAS BARRY AND BATYA,
I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE THING.
A YELLOW ALBUM.
YEAH.
YEAH, I DO.
GREAT FOLKLORE-BASED KIND OF MUSIC.
YEAH, BUT IT'S ANOINTED.
YEAH.
JONATHAN: I PUT ON ONE OF THOSE SONGS AND GOD'S PRESENCE,
WHOOSH, HIT THE HOUSE,
AND REBECCA WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS?
YES.
AND I DIDN'T WANT -- I WANT TO DO THAT
EVERY SINGLE SHABBAT.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOD'S PRESENCE,
YOU CAN MEET GOD ANY TIME.
YOU CAN HAVE A QUIET TIME.
YOU CAN PRAY TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
IT'S NOT LIMITED TO THAT DAY.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT.
YEAH.
WE FELT THE OVERFLOW LAST NIGHT,
JUST WATCHING THE KIDS DANCE AROUND DURING THE --
WHEN YOU HAD THE VIDEO OF THE ISRAELI MUSIC ON
AND THEY WERE JUST REALLY --
KATHARINE: THERE'S ALREADY AN IMPARTATION.
THEY WERE ENTERING IN
AN OBVIOUS CHANGE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE OF
THE PINBALL MACHINE OF SMALL CHILDREN,
TO LIKE THE SENSE OF, OH, MY GOSH,
THEY'RE REALLY GOING VERTICAL,
JUST IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
BUT I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID, REBECCA, THAT WE CAN
MEET WITH GOD ANY TIME.
AND THAT GOD INVITES US ALL THE TIME TO COME TO HIS REST,
BUT THERE'S A SPECIFIC THING THAT
HE'S GIVEN TO US AS A GIFT,
AND IT'S CALLED THE SABBATH.
AND IT'S A COMMANDMENT.
IT'S ONE OF THE FOUR COMMANDMENTS THAT HE GIVES US
IS TO KEEP THE SABBATH AND TO KEEP IT HOLY.
YEAH.
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST NOTHING, IT'S SOMETHING
HE WANTS US TO HAVE.
I THINK A MISUNDERSTANDING IS THAT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN CHRISTIANS THINK ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE
AND THE WAY WE OBSERVE THINGS, THEY THINK
OH, THIS IS SOME LEGALISTIC, ONEROUS,
DIFFICULT THING THAT THE JEWS ARE SO SPECIFIC ABOUT.
AND, FIRST OF ALL, TWO JEWS, THREE OPINIONS.
KATHARINE: RIGHT.
NO MATTER WHO YOU TALK TO, THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP
SHABBAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN OTHERS.
AND THAT'S THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE FLUIDITY.
BECAUSE YESHUA SAID IN MARK CHAPTER 2,
HE SAID, SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN,
NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A GIFT
I'M GIVING YOU BASED ON GENESIS 2, BASED ON
MY RESTING AFTER SIX DAYS OF WORK.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS PATTERN, RIGHT.
AND SO HERE'S A GIFT FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO CEASE, AND ACTUALLY THE ROOT WORD
IS TO CEASE.
THE ROOT WORD OF SHABBAT IS STOP.
KATHARINE: CEASE WORK.
AND SO YOU CAN REALLY EXPERIENCE IT IN ISRAEL.
YOU LIVED THERE.
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE COUNTRY SEEMINGLY SHUTS DOWN.
AND IT'S HARDER TO DO IN AMERICA BECAUSE WE'RE ON
THE FIVE-DAY WORKWEEK SO WE'VE GOTTEN USED TO
TWO DAYS OFF.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT RHYTHM.
I THINK BACK IN THE DAY,
EVEN BEFORE I WAS BORN,
I THINK THAT SUNDAY WAS AN ACTUAL DAY
WHEN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA WOULD SHUT DOWN, GET QUIET,
AND HAVE A CHRISTIAN VERSION OF A SABBATH.
UNPLUG.
YEAH.
BUT NOW BECAUSE OF THE FIVE-DAY WORKWEEK,
WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTRAST AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN SEE SO CLEARLY IN ISRAEL.
SO WE ALL KIND OF HAVE TO FIND OUR OWN RHYTHM WITH IT.
I KNOW WHEN WE WERE PASTORS ON STAFF FULL TIME,
WE WOULD, DURING THE RENEWAL DAYS,
THIS CHURCH WOULD GO TILL 11:00 ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND THEN WE'D TAKE -- THE PASTORS WOULD TAKE MONDAY OFF
AND I WOULD ARGUE IN STAFF ON TUESDAY
WITH MY PASTOR SAYING,
HEY, WE TAKE MONDAY OFF, BUT PEOPLE ARE
GOING BACK TO WORK.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM
AS THEY ENTER INTO THEIR WORKWEEK.
KATHARINE: YEAH.
SO THAT WAS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION, SPIRITED FELLOWSHIP.
THE IDEA IS THIS, THAT WE SOMEHOW
NEED TO TAKE A DAY OFF OR TAKE A
24-HOUR PERIOD WHERE WE REST.
WELL, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SHABBAT,
THE FIRST THING THAT RESONATED WITH ME
WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE LORD WAS --
YES, LOVE.
WELL, I WANTED TO SAY ONE THING THAT GOES IN
TOUCH WITH THAT,
AND THEN CAN WE GO TO YOU?
OF COURSE. YEAH.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK THAT WE ARE NOW MORE BUSY THAN EVER,
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN EVER
TO TRY TO KEEP IT.
MYLES: YEAH.
BECAUSE IF YOU AREN'T INTENTIONAL,
IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THINGS --
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ASKING YOU THINGS,
THINGS ARE ALWAYS MOVING, ALWAYS GOING.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL MORE THAN EVER
BECAUSE IT'S NOT BAKED INTO CULTURE.
EVEN LIKE WHAT YOU SAID BACK IN THE DAY,
I REMEMBER WHEN SUNDAY THINGS WEREN'T --
STORES WEREN'T OPEN.
IT WAS MORE OF A DAY OF REST.
SO WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL.
WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY?
I'M GLAD YOU MADE THAT POINT, SO GOOD.
THANKS.
WELL, JUST THE FIRST THING THAT RESONATED WITH ME WAS
HOW GOD MODELED IT IN CREATION LIKE YOU JUST SAID,
SIX DAYS AND THEN HE RESTED.
SO FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
THIS PATTERN IS SHOWN TO US AS BELIEVERS
THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A TIME OF REST.
GOD, THE OMNIPOTENT ONE, THE ALPHA, THE OMEGA,
THE BEGINNING AND THE END, OUTSIDE OF TIME
STILL GIVES US A MODEL FOR TIME,
AND HOW WE NEED TO FIND A TIME TO SIT AND SOAK
AND BE WITH HIM.
AND FOR OUR FAMILY,
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A BIG RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
NO, NOT AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN GET INTO LIKE THE DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF LITURGY THAT CAN COME WITH IT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR US,
IT'S REALLY ABOUT JUST,
HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT THE CANDLES.
WE'RE GOING TO BLESS OUR HOME.
INVITE GOD'S PRESENCE INTO THE HOME.
WE'RE GOING TO BLESS THE BREAD AND BLESS THE WINE,
OR THE WELCH'S GRAPE JUICE,
AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE OURSELVES
AND GIVE OUR FAMILY TO THE LORD.
AND IT'S MORE OF LIKE A HEART POSTURE.
YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE TURNING TO HIM
AND YOU'RE TAKING THIS TIME OF LIKE,
HEY, WE'RE TURNING TO YOU, LORD.
WE WANT TO GIVE THIS MOMENT TO YOU.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE ALL FEEL HIS PRESENCE.
WE'VE ALL ENCOUNTERED HIM DURING THAT.
KATHARINE: ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH, THIS HOME IS A HOME DEDICATED FOR HIM.
THAT'S WHAT I FEEL WHEN WE'RE DOING SHABBAT.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT IT, BECAUSE HE MODELED THAT REST,
BUT IT'S ALSO SHOWING THAT YESHUA DID THE FINISHED
WORK ON THE CROSS.
SO THAT WE COULD FIND REST IN HIM.
RIGHT.
IT'S A PICTURE OF SALVATION BECAUSE WE FIND PEACE
THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE COME TO YESHUA.
AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE MILLENNIA, THE KINGDOM TO COME,
BECAUSE THERE WILL BE REST BEYOND WHAT
WE CAN EVEN IMAGINE.
KATHARINE: RIGHT.
SO IT'S A PROMISE OF WHAT'S TO COME AS WELL?
EXACTLY.
IT'S A REMEMBRANCE, IT'S A NOW WORD,
AND IT'S A PROMISE AS WELL.
AND I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE HEART,
TRYING TO FIND THE HEART OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ACTUALLY CALL THE SMALL GROUPS
THAT WE LEAD IN OUR CHURCH,
WE HAVE THEM PRACTICING SHABBAT IN HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE,
BUT I'VE GIVEN THEM SOME GUIDELINES.
AND WE CALL IT THE HEART OF SHABBAT BECAUSE
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A LITURGICAL, NECESSARILY,
KEEPING WITH HALAKHA OR RABBINICAL LAW
AND RABBINICAL TRADITION.
WE WANT THEM TO FIND THE HEART OF THE LORD IN IT
AND THAT'S THE POINT OF SHABBAT.
I THINK WE CAN EVEN SEE IN THE EMBLEMS
THAT WE HAVE, IT'S A TIME OF COMMUNION WITH GOD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A TIME THAT YOU LIGHT,
THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT THE LIGHT CAME INTO THE WORLD,
THAT YESHUA WAS THAT LIGHT, AND THAT THE WOMAN GETS
THE PRIVILEGE OF LIGHTING THAT LIGHT,
JUST LIKE MARY BROUGHT THE LIGHT OF OUR MESSIAH
INTO THE WORLD.
AND I LOVE HOW THE JEWISH CULTURE
DOES ELEVATE THE WOMAN,
AND THAT SHE GETS THE PRIVILEGE
OF WELCOMING THE SABBATH INTO THE HOME.
AND SO THERE'S SOMETHING PROFOUND ABOUT THAT.
I'M GRAFTED INTO IT, TOO, REBECCA, BECAUSE MYLES,
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T RAISED JEWISH.
AND I HAD TO LEARN THE --
I GOT TO LEARN THE PRAYERS.
I GOT TO LEARN THE BLESSING.
IT'S INTERESTING THE WAY IT HAPPENED
BECAUSE YOU FELT THAT WAY, TOO, AT FIRST.
YES.
YOU'RE LIKE I DON'T -- I DON'T FEEL ADEQUATE
SAYING THIS PRAYER, YOU KNOW.
REBECCA: I DON'T SPEAK HEBREW.
YEAH.
BUT THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART NOW,
IS WHEN SHE SAYS THE PRAYER,
YOU KNOW, AND LIKE USHERS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
EXACTLY. IT IS KIND OF LIKE --
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A QUIET TIME.
GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S A DISCIPLINE
THAT YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO
AND GOD MEETS YOU IN THAT DISCIPLINE.
AND IT'S A DISCIPLINE OF CEASING FROM YOURSELF,
CEASING FROM YOUR OWN WORKS,
TO ENTER INTO HIS WORK AND TO FIND THAT REST.
AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO ME
WHEN I ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SO WHEN I PRAY,
I DON'T JUST PRAY THE TRADITIONAL PRAYERS.
I ASK, I SAY, HOLY SPIRIT, YOU ARE WELCOME.
WE WELCOME YOU HERE.
WE WANT YOU HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I ASK.
JUST LIKE YOU WERE SAYING THAT THIS HOUSE,
THIS HOUSE IS FOR THE LORD AND IT'S A DEDICATION.
IT'S FUNNY, YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE DO SHABBAT WITH OUR CONGREGATION,
THERE CAN BE 200 PEOPLE IN THE SETTING,
AND WHEN KATHARINE LIGHTS THE CANDLES AND PRAYS,
THE HOLY SPIRIT RESTS ON THE WHOLE PLACE.
SO THE VISITING PASTOR SAID
OH, YOU GUYS HAVE MADE A WELCOMING PLACE
FOR THE LORD.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE MADE A RESTING PLACE FOR GOD.
AND IT COMES FROM THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN,
ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE WOMAN, THROUGH WHOM
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD CAME, GENESIS 3,
THAT THERE'S THIS PRESENCE.
YOU KNOW, THE PRESENCE COMES AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE AFTER.
AND WHAT I LOVE, TOO, IS YOU SAID IT'S ABOUT THE HEART,
AND THESE AREN'T JUST LITURGICAL THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO, BUT THERE'S A PURPOSE
AND A MEANING AND A MESSAGE BEHIND IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE HEART OF SHABBAT IS?
I THINK KATHARINE JUST SAID IT.
IT'S COMMUNION.
YOU KNOW, WE -- I'M AN INVETERATE JOKER.
I CAN'T HELP IT, BUT I'M KIND OF INCORRIGIBLE,
NEW YORK JEWS, WE CAN'T HELP OURSELVES.
IT'S KIND OF A GENETIC THING,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I TELL THE CHRISTIAN FOLKS
THAT ARE ATTENDING OUR CONGREGATION,
I SAY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, YOU WAIT ONCE A MONTH
ON SUNDAY MORNING TO HAVE COMMUNION.
WE DO THIS EVERY FRIDAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A TRADITION, BUT IT'S ALSO BAKED IN
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BREAD AND THE CUP ARE ABOUT
REMEMBERING FOR US, FOR BELIEVERS,
REMEMBERING THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS,
THE FINISHED WORK OF THE SALVATION OF GOD.
AND ALSO JUST KIND OF RENEWING THAT RELATIONSHIP
ALL THE TIME.
SO THERE'S THE BREAD AND THE CUP,
THE BODY AND THE BLOOD,
THAT WE, THE JEWS, ARE PORTRAYING IT ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE IN ISRAEL, EVERY FRIDAY
I TRY TO LEAD OUR TOURS SO THAT WE END UP
IN JERUSALEM ON FRIDAY, IF I CAN.
MOSTLY WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE
HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED,
WESTERNERS HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED,
AN ENTIRE CULTURE SHUTTING DOWN
AND GIVING THEIR ATTENTION TO GOD, AND TO FAMILY,
AND TO EACH OTHER AND TO RELATIONSHIPS.
AND EVEN FOR SOME RELIGIOUS FOLKS
EVEN UNPLUGGING THEIR PHONES, IMAGINE THAT.
NOW I THINK THAT'S THE KEY IS THE UNPLUGGING,
BECAUSE EVEN IN ISRAEL WHEN WE WERE RUSHING ONE TIME
TO TAKE THE BREAD AND THE WINE LIKE BEFORE YOU EAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD DRINK.
NOW THERE'S A CUP THAT THEY OVERFLOW AT SHABBAT.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS TO REMIND US THAT
GOD WANTS OUR LIFE TO OVERFLOW WITH HIS BLESSINGS,
THAT HE DOESN'T WANT US TO HAVE LACK,
BUT HE WANTS TO HAVE HIS ABUNDANCE.
SO THE HUSBAND WILL SIT DOWN WITH THE WIFE.
YOU KNOW, MORE OF AN --
IN MORE OF A TRADITIONAL SETTING,
AND THEY'LL POUR THE WINE AND THEY'LL POUR IT SO FAR
THAT THE CUP WILL OVERFLOW IN THE SAUCER.
AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE THE JUICE OR THE WINE
AND THEY'LL LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE,
THEY'LL SMELL IT.
THEY'LL TAKE IN ALL THE FIVE SENSES
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
HE'S GIVEN US SO MANY BLESSINGS
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE THAT WE TAKE
FOR GRANTED SO QUICKLY, THAT WE CAN SMELL THAT,
WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE EACH OTHER,
THAT WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE JUST TO MAKE US SLOW DOWN
AND TO BE GRATEFUL.
I REMEMBER THAT -- REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE WERE IN ISRAEL,
HE'S LIKE -- THIS ISRAELI SAID,
YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST BECAUSE WE WERE.
I DON'T KNOW --
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING.
HE SAID WITH THE CUP
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IT,
YOU NEED TO SMELL IT,
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
YOU NEED TO CLICK GLASSES AND HEAR IT.
AND YOU NEED TO TASTE IT.
AND YOU NEED TO HAVE ALL -- BE VERY INVOLVED
AND SLOW DOWN ENOUGH,
SO THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS --
YOU'RE ENTERING IN TO A SLOWING DOWN
FOR A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
AND IT WASN'T ABOUT DRINKING.
IT WAS MORE ABOUT REMEMBERING THAT GOD
HAS GIVEN US ALL THESE GIFTS.
HE'S GIVEN US SIGHT.
HE'S GIVEN US --
HE'S GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO HEAR.
HE'S GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO CONNECT
WITH EACH OTHER
AND TO JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BREATHE,
AND IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL THING.
KIND OF LIKE IN A WORLD
THAT'S CONSTANTLY VYING FOR OUR ATTENTION
AND DISTRACTION AND WE CAN EVEN TAKE ONE ANOTHER
FOR GRANTED, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILY,
SAYING WOW, GOD HAS --
GOD IS A BLESSING, FOCUSING ON HIM
AND THEN SEEING THE BLESSINGS HE'S GIVEN US,
AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY
THAT I THINK IS KIND OF THE HEART AND MESSAGE
OF SHABBAT IS REALLY TRUSTING GOD.
IT'S SAYING YOU ARE HOLY.
I'M ON YOUR TIMELINE, NOT MY TIMELINE.
I'M GOING TO STOP EVERYTHING.
I'M NOT GOING TO WORK THIS DAY.
I'M GOING TO TRUST YOU TO PROVIDE.
I THINK THERE'S SO MANY MESSAGES EVEN IN THAT
THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO STOP
AND I'M GOING TO FIND REST KNOWING
THAT YOU ARE MY PROVIDER AND I CAN TRUST YOU.
THERE'S A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THE TWO BREADS.
I HAVE A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS,
AND THEY DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT SHABBAT
AND WORK SIX DAYS AND REST A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
NOT WORK ON THE SEVENTH DAY AND THEIR BUSINESS INCREASED.
IT WENT WAY BEYOND ANYTHING THEY HAD BEFORE
AND IT REMINDED ME,
WE WERE IN THE CITY OF DAVID
LEADING A TOWER UNDERNEATH JERUSALEM
IN THE CITY OF DAVID.
AND ELI SHUKRON,
THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED THE CITY OF DAVID,
HE WAS TALKING TO ME ON TELEVISION AND HE SAID
YOU KNOW ABOUT STRABO.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE WORD MEANT.
IT'S A GUY.
STRABO WAS A HISTORIAN THAT THE ROMANS
SENT TO JUDEA TO CHECK ON THE SCENE,
AND HE CAME BACK AND THIS WAS HIS REPORT,
BECAUSE REMEMBER ROME WAS A SLAVE CULTURE.
KATHARINE: RIGHT. THEY WERE DRIVEN.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE 24/7 TILL YOU DROP DEAD,
AND THEN YOU REPLACE THEM WITH ANOTHER SLAVE.
BUT HE CAME BACK TO ROME AND HE SAID THEY ASKED HIM
TO REPORT ON WHAT HE HAD SEEN IN JUDEA AND HE SAID,
I SAW A BUILDING MORE MAGNIFICENT
THAN THE COLOSSEUM.
THE TEMPLE.
I SAW A CITY --
I SAW A SEA IN WHICH A MAN CANNOT DROWN.
THE DEAD SEA.
AND I SAW AN ECONOMY THAT WORKED ON SIX DAYS,
PROSPERED ON SIX DAYS.
SO THE SECULAR ROMAN OPPRESSORS OF THE,
YOU KNOW, THEY RAN THE WORLD.
THEY RECEIVED THIS KNOWLEDGE.
MAY NOT IMPLEMENT IT.
BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD FROM THIS EMISSARY,
FROM THIS STRABO, THAT GOD'S WAY WORKS AND THEY SAW IT.
WOW. THAT'S AMAZING.
YOU WERE REFERENCING THE TWO BREADS.
YOU SAID --
CAN YOU SPEAK WHAT THAT THOUGHT WAS?
IT'S THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REST ON ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
SO YOU HAVE BOTH BREADS ALREADY COOKED,
ALREADY BAKED.
AND THEY WEREN'T TO TAKE THE MANNA,
RIGHT, THAT ONE DAY.
THEY WERE TO GET ENOUGH FOR THE ONE DAY,
SO THAT ON THE SHABBAT
THEY COULD REST AND THEY WOULD HAVE JUST ENOUGH.
SO THEY'D HAVE A DOUBLE PORTION
ON FRIDAY, DAY,
SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO OUT
AND GATHER ON SHABBAT.
THEY DID NOT GATHER THE MANNA IN THE WILDERNESS.
AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE A DOUBLE PORTION FOR GOD.
WAS GOD SENDING DOWN CHALLAH BREAD ON SHABBAT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
I HOPE SO.
LITTLE, TEENY WAFERS.
THEY SAY IT TASTED LIKE ANGELS, TASTED LIKE HEAVEN.
I DON'T KNOW.
MANNA, WHAT IS IT, YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW MANNA.
I WONDER WHAT IT TASTED LIKE?
YOU THINK WE'LL FIND OUT IN HEAVEN?
REBECCA: OH, YEAH.
I THINK ALL OUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED THERE.
THAT'S COOL.
SO FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SHABBAT,
WHAT IS THIS,
AND WHAT IS A SIMPLISTIC WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN
UTILIZE THESE THINGS IN A SHABBAT?
AND AFTER WE EXPLAIN EVERYTHING,
I WANT TO TAKE COMMUNION AS A FAMILY HERE
IN THIS MOMENT.
I LOVE THAT.
SO THE --
JONATHAN: START WITH THE BEGINNING.
THE BEGINNING IS THE CANDLES.
SO THE QUEEN OF THE HOME, THE BRIDE OF THE HOME,
AND SHABBAT IS THOUGHT OF AS A BRIDE
YOU WELCOME THE BRIDE OF SHABBAT.
[ SPEAKING HEBREW ]
WELCOME, SABBATH BRIDE.
AND SO IT'S PERSONAGE REALLY,
AND ONE OF THOSE FAMOUS SONGS THAT WE NOW OPEN
OUR SERVICE WITH WHEN WE DO THE CONGREGATIONAL MEETING,
ISSHALOM ALEICHEM, AND IT'S WELCOMING THE ANGELS
THAT ATTEND SHABBAT.
REBECCA: WOW.
JONATHAN: IT'S MY FAVORITE SONG.
REBECCA: CAN YOU SING IT?
I CAN'T RIGHT NOW. ALLERGIES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO IT'S A WELCOMING THE ANGELIC HOSTS
THAT ATTEND SHABBAT, RIGHT.
WOW.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.
WE'RE WELCOMING THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
RUACH HAKODESH, THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE PRESENCE OF YESHUA,
THE FINISHED WORK AND THE WELCOMING ANGELS,
AND SABBATH AS A BRIDE.
IT'S A REAL COMMUNION IN THE GREATEST SENSE OF THE WORD
WITH THE HEAVENLIES.
SO THE CANDLES START IT.
KATHARINE WILL LIGHT THE CANDLES
AND SHE'LL SAY THIS PRAYER THAT
WE WERE SANCTIFIED AND SET APART AND THIS
IS NON-TRADITIONAL --
THIS IS A MESSIANIC VERSION, WE'RE SANCTIFIED
AND SET APART THROUGH YESHUA,
THROUGH THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
YESHUA, WHO COMMANDS US TO ALSO BE
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
HE SAID I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
NOW YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
SO THE CANDLE LIGHTING IS THE LAST ACT OF WORK.
AND FROM THERE, THE SHABBAT BEGINS.
SHE'S WORKING.
NO DISHES ARE TO BE DONE.
EVERYTHING'S TO BE IN PLACE TO COOK.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN COOKED,
EVERYTHING'S BEEN SET UP.
IN ISRAEL, AND TRADITIONAL FAMILIES,
THEY START PREPARING SHABBAT ON WEDNESDAY.
AND WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY,
IT'S A LOT OF LIKE THE SHOPPING AND THE GATHERING
AND PREPARING.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LIVING THERE AND I WENT
AND STAYED WITH A FAMILY THAT MY FRIEND AND I MET
IN ONE OF THESE CAFES, INVITED US
TO THEIR HOME FOR SHABBAT.
AND SO WE WENT THERE AND WE WALKED TO SCHOOL.
YOU HAD TO WALK SO YOU WEREN'T DRIVING.
AND WE CAME BACK
THEN WE DID SHABBAT.
AND THEN THEY HAD ALL THE FOOD READY AND EVERYTHING.
AND WHEN YOU FINISHED EATING AND STUFF,
YOU JUST WALKED AWAY OR YOU PUT THE DISHES
IN THE SINK BUT YOU DIDN'T DO THEM.
AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE -- IT WAS SO DIFFERENT
THAN ANYTHING I HAD EVER EXPERIENCED
BECAUSE THE WHOLE FAMILY JUST RESTED.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE ALL
SPENT THE NIGHT THERE, THE NEXT DAY,
WE ALL WOKE UP AND EVERYTHING WAS ALREADY READY.
THEY HAD SET IT UP FROM THURSDAY
FOR BREAKFAST.
AND EVERYBODY JUST DID NOTHING FOR THE WHOLE DAY.
I MEAN, WE DON'T GET THE LUXURY OF DOING THAT HERE
WITH THREE LITTLE KIDS, BUT --
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE, YOU WALKED.
YEAH, THEY WEREN'T BELIEVERS
SO THERE WASN'T A BIBLE BUT YOU KNOW.
KATHARINE: YOU DID OKAY.
IT WAS COOL.
AND THAT'S THE REST.
WE WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE MORNING.
OKAY.
SO YOU WERE READING THE TORAH.
YEAH.
YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT REST.
AND THAT YOU JUST GAVE THE REALLY PRACTICAL EXAMPLE
OF HOW THAT'S DONE.
WE'RE TO STUDY TO PRAY,
TO BE WITH THE WORD, BUT IT'S NOT --
IT'S NOT DIRECTIVE.
IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNION.
IT HAS TO DO WITH FINDING THE LORD IN HIS WORD.
SO THERE'S THE SYNAGOGUE EXPERIENCE,
LIKE LUKE CHAPTER 4.
JESUS IS IN THE SYNAGOGUE READING ISAIAH 61.
AND IN LUKE 23,
THE DISCIPLES WERE IN SYNAGOGUE
AND PAUL, EVERY CITY HE WENT TO,
HE WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE FIRST.
HE'S CALLED THE APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES,
BUT HE NEVER LOST HIS HEART FOR HIS PEOPLE.
YOU SEE THAT IN ROMANS 9:10 AND 11.
BUT HE HAD THIS IDEA THAT SINCE HE WROTE IT DOWN,
THAT ROMANS 1:16 THAT HE WASN'T ASHAMED OF
THE GOSPEL OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH.
IT WAS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION
TO THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO TO THE GREEKS.
SO WHEREVER HE WENT, HE WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE.
AND YOU KNOW WHEN HE GOT IN A HASSLE
WITH THE SYNAGOGUE PEOPLE,
HE WOULD MOVE NEXT DOOR AND HAVE A BIBLE STUDY
SO THE JEWS WERE ALWAYS COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE GOSPEL.
EVEN IF HE WAS NEXT DOOR WITH THE GOD-FEARERS,
THE GENTILE BELIEVERS.
AND SO WE SEE THAT THERE'S THIS CONNECTION
WITH THE VERTICAL, RIGHT,
AND THEN THAT KIND OF REST THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO NO WORK.
IT'S HARD TO DO, TO UNPLUG,
TO NOT DO THE DISHES RIGHT AWAY,
TO NOT DO THIS OR THAT, RIGHT.
YOU SAID IT'S VERY UNUSUAL.
GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU ASKED, REBECCA,
THE TWO CANDLES ARE THE JEW AND THE GENTILE.
MYLES: TO US.
TO US, AS MESSIANIC JEWS, RIGHT.
AND WE ARE GRAFTED IN AND ONE.
AND SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT,
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOD HAS MADE THAT A WAY FOR US.
AND IN MY -- WHENEVER I LIGHT THE CANDLES,
I ALWAYS THINK OF WHAT THE LORD WANTED US TO DO.
HE WANTED US IN OUR WALK THAT HIS LIGHT WOULD
INCREASE IN US.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S TWO, NOT JUST ONE
BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS WANTING TO BRING INCREASE,
AND THAT OUR PATH WOULD BE LIT BY HIS LIFE,
LIGHTER AND LIGHTER AS WE WALK OUT IN HIS WORD
AND HIS TRUTH.
AND SO THE ABUNDANCE OF THE OVERFLOW
OF WINE AND OF JOY
AND OF HAPPINESS,
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST HAPPINESS, BUT JOY,
BECAUSE JOY IS INDEPENDENT OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE.
IT'S A SUPERNATURAL GIFT.
IT'S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
SO WE COULD SHOW OUR CHILDREN THAT THERE'S JOY
WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS HAPPENING
IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
LIKE THE RABBI WAS TELLING US AT DINNER IN ISRAEL
THAT WHEN HE WOULD POUR THE WINE FOR HIS FAMILY,
IT WOULD OVERFLOW AS KATHARINE SAID.
PSALM 23.
REBECCA: MM-HMM.
KATHARINE. YOUR CUP RUNNETH OVER.
MY CUP RUNNETH OVER ME,
JONATHAN WOULD SAY WHEN HE WAS LITTLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU GUYS IS
THAT THE HEART OF SHABBAT IS RESTING,
TRUSTING THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED REST FOR US,
AND CONNECTING WITH GOD
AND COMMUNING WITH HIM AND COMMUNING WITH
YOUR FAMILY.
YEAH.
AND THAT IT'S A SACRED TIME AND --
AND ONE THING THAT I LIKE THAT YOU DO
WHEN YOU SAY THE PRAYER IS YOU DEDICATE.
YOU ALWAYS ARE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU REALIZE THIS,
BUT YOU DEDICATE YOURSELF
AND YOUR KIDS AND OUR HOME TO THE LORD.
SO IT'S ALSO A TIME OF REDEDICATION.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU CAN --
REBECCA: YEAH, I SEE IT THAT WAY.
YEAH, IT HAPPENS ORGANICALLY BECAUSE
THAT'S A TIME WHERE YOU'RE BREAKING BREAD,
YOU'RE TAKING COMMUNION,
YOU'RE REMEMBERING THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID
FOR YOUR SALVATION,
AND YOU'RE REDEDICATING YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD.
YEAH. AND WE WORSHIP.
THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I LOVE.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M KIND OF SAYING
THIS IS THE HEART OF SHABBAT AND ALL OF THAT
IS BECAUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE NEW TO THIS,
IF THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE HEART
AND UNDERSTAND CONNECTING TO GOD,
THE REST CAN UNFOLD.
BECAUSE I THINK IN OUR MINDS
WHEN WE WANT TO LEAN ON OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING,
WE WANT TO JUST DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY
AND SAY EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ABOUT THE HEART.
AND THEN WE CAN LEARN MORE AND MORE.
WE CAN LEARN MORE BLESSINGS.
WE CAN INCORPORATE MORE THINGS.
SONGS.
BUT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE HEART BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO START.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN
OUR GENERATION AND UNDER, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN OUR FAITH WHO ARE DECONSTRUCTING
BECAUSE THEY'RE WANTING SOMETHING MORE
AND SOMETHING DEEPER.
AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU THAT THIS IS KIND OF
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE DEEPER ROOTS OF OUR FAITH,
WHICH, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHAT THIS REPRESENTS.
AND I THINK IF PEOPLE WOULD
MOVE TOWARDS THAT, UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE
STRUGGLING IN DECONSTRUCTION
AND YOU'RE THINKING, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE,
I WOULD SAY GO FURTHER AND DEEPER INTO HIM,
BECAUSE THERE IS MORE THERE.
AND FURTHER AND DEEPER INTO HIS WORD BECAUSE THIS ISN'T
JUST MADE UP OUT OF SOME JEWISH BOOKS.
THE JEWISH BOOK, IN THE BIBLE.
SHABBAT IS GIVEN TO US.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S SUCH A GOOD POINT
AND SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I BOTH MUTUALLY
FEEL CALLED TO IS, HELPING BELIEVERS UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS ISN'T JUST FOR JEWISH PEOPLE.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE BODY.
AND I THINK FOR ME, TOO,
THIS IS JUST AS GOD HAS LIKE
OPENED UP MY UNDERSTANDING,
AND A HUGE PORTION OF THAT HAS BEEN
THROUGH THE JEWISH ROOTS OF OUR FAITH,
AND REALLY THE IDENTITY AND PURPOSE OF THE NATION
AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
RIGHT. RIGHT.
IT'S JUST OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW WAY OF SEEING THINGS,
BUT IT'S ALL IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S PEOPLE
WHO ARE MAYBE IN JUST A, YOU KNOW,
A GREAT CHURCH, BUT THEY'RE THINKING,
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MORE.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS YOUR SOMETHING MORE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING OUT THERE.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IN THAT.
AND LIKE YOU SAID,
SHABBAT IS ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.
IT'S IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
IT'S IN THE GOSPELS.
IT'S IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS.
THERE'S A WHOLE PORTION WHERE HE GOES INTO DEPTH
TALKING ABOUT THE REST.
AND SO IT'S ALL THROUGHOUT OUR WORD.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS IN THAT,
THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE FOR YOU,
AND THIS IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO START.
YEAH.
AND ONE THING I WANT TO SAY TO HONOR MOM AND DAD,
IS THAT WHAT I LOVED ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS DID
WHEN YOU BEGAN TO FIND THIS FULFILLMENT OF YOUR FAITH
IS YOU KEPT IT CENTERED TO,
OR ADJACENT TO, THE CHURCH.
BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE EASILY, YOU KNOW,
PINGED OFF AND STARTED YOUR OWN THING
AND BECOME VERY LITURGICAL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JEWISH BY BLOOD.
YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE EASILY GONE THAT ROUTE,
BUT YOU GUYS FOLLOWED THE INKLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN LEADING YOU, LISTEN, IT'S A FAMILY OF GOD.
THIS IS FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.
THIS IS WHAT THE END TIMES IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
AS THE CHURCH COMES TO AN UNDERSTANDING
OF THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THEIR FAITH, AND THAT,
I GUESS, DECONSTRUCTION IS --
THE ACTUAL REAL DECONSTRUCTION IS
UNDERSTANDING THAT, LOOK, THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU KEPT IT CLOSE TO THE CHURCH.
AND EVEN NOW THE CONGREGATION THAT YOU LEAD
IS A PART OF A CHURCH.
AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY IS THE MODEL
THAT THE LORD LOVES.
REBECCA: I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE SAYING THAT.
IT'S RECONSTRUCTIONIST.
IT IS, IT'S RECONSTRUCTIONIST.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T LIKE DECONSTRUCTIONS,
BUT I KNOW YOU'RE REACHING FOR THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE CALL IT.
THE DECONSTRUCTION -- DECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT
IS THE DEFAMING OF THE WORD, AND OF FAMILY,
AND OF CHURCH, AND OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
TRADITIONALLY SOLID.
AND KIDS ARE KIDS.
I MEAN ANYBODY UNDER 50, KIDS ARE WANDERING
WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING OUT THERE
THAT'S BETTER OR DIFFERENT, MORE?
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT'S NOT OUT THERE,
YOU KNOW, GET DEEPER AND YOU'LL REALIZE THAT,
OH, THE ETERNAL TRUTH THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUT THERE
ARE NOT THERE.
MY SALVATION CAME THE OTHER WAY.
I WAS OUT THERE LOOKING AT EVERY POSSIBLE OTHER WAY
OTHER THAN JESUS.
SO I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME TO
THE REALITY THAT HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS, FIRST OF ALL,
IT'S THE MOST JEWISH THING YOU CAN DO.
IF HE IS MESSIAH,
IF YOU'RE LISTENING, WATCHING, IF YOU'RE JEWISH,
IF JESUS IS MESSIAH, THE MOST JEWISH THING YOU CAN DO
IS GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM.
SORRY.
MY RABBI NEVER TOLD ME,
BUT I FOUND OUT ANYWAY.
AND SO THE MOST JEWISH THING WE CAN DO
IS FOLLOW THE JEWISH MESSIAH.
BUT I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING,
WHAT YOU JUST BOTH BROUGHT UP,
IS IN PART OF THE SHABBAT TRADITION
IS THE BLESSING OF THE FAMILY.
YOU'RE COMING TO IT NATURALLY, RIGHT?
WE'VE GIVEN TO OUR SMALL GROUPS TO USE.
THE HUSBAND BLESSES THE WIFE,
PROVERBS 31:10 AND FOLLOWING.
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN WHO CAN FIND,
HE SPEAKS THAT OVER HER.
SHE SPEAKS OVER HIM PSALM 1.
BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO WALKS NOT IN
THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY.
AND THEN BLESS THE CHILDREN.
THESE ARE ALL TRADITIONAL PRAYERS.
YOU CAN HAVE A WORD OF THE LORD OVER YOUR WIFE.
MYLES: SPLURGE, IMPROVISE.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO START WITH THOSE, RIGHT?
THE HUSBAND BLESSES THE WIFE,
WIFE BLESSES THE HUSBAND,
THE PARENTS BLESS THE CHILDREN,
BLESS EVERYBODY.
REBECCA: ARE THERE VERSES FOR THAT?
WHAT'S THAT?
REBECCA: BECAUSE THERE'S VERSES FOR THE HUSBAND
AND THEN FOR THE WIFE.
IS THERE VERSES FOR THE KIDS THAT PEOPLE CAN REFERENCE?
YEAH, THE AARONIC BENEDICTION.
PLUS, THERE'S ALSO THE BLESSING IN THE NAMES OF MANASSEH,
AND IT'S A LITTLE INSIDE BASEBALL,
BUT THE BLESSING IN THE NAMES OF THE SONS OF JACOB.
JACOB AND THE DAUGHTERS OF FAITH.
BUT WHEN WE BRING IN THE KIDS TO BLESS THEM
IN OUR CONGREGATION,
I USED TO USE THE TRADITIONAL PRAYER,
AND NOBODY KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO WHAT I DID, WHAT WE DO NOW IS --
WE CALL THEM FORTH AS DAVIDS AND ESTHERS.
FOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS OF THE FAITH,
THE PATRIARCHS, THE MATRIARCHS OF FAITH,
THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE STRENGTH OF DAVID.
KATHARINE: THE WORD IS ROOTED IN YOU.
JUST KIND OF RIFF, YOU KNOW.
WE RIFF FROM THE HEART.
KATHARINE: PROPHESY OVER THEM.
PROPHESY OVER THEM.
WHICH IS WHAT WE DO AT HOME.
YEAH.
WHAT'S A TRADITIONAL ONE?
I JUST WANT TO HEAR IT.
IT IS INTERESTING.
SO WE BLESS YOU, THAT MAY YOU BE LIKE
EPHRAIM, THANK YOU.
AND FOR THE DAUGHTERS,
MAY YOU BE LIKE LEAH AND RACHEL.
AND SO --
JONATHAN: AND REBECCA. I'M JUST KIDDING.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THIS LITURGICAL
AND HEBRAIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THOSE ARE CHOSEN,
AND IT'S DEEP AND WIDE.
BUT THE POINT FOR ME,
THE POINT IS KIND OF LIKE GOD NAMED JONATHAN, YOU KNOW.
IT'S LIKE I BELIEVE GOD NAMED YOU.
KATHARINE: YES. RIGHT.
AND SO WE, WE'RE WE'RE BLESSING THEM
INTO THEIR DESTINY.
THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IN THE IMPROVISATIONAL VERSION OF IT
BECAUSE GOD'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A WORD
FOR SOME OF THESE KIDS.
IT HAPPENS IN OUR SERVICES WHERE GOD WILL SPEAK
OVER THESE CHILDREN AND IT MIGHT MARK THEM
FOR THEIR DESTINY.
I WAS GOING TO DO THAT WHOLE THING THAT
JOSEPH DID WITH THE BLESSING THAT HE MOVED
THE HANDS OVER TOO, BECAUSE GOD WANTS EACH OF OUR CHILDREN
TO HAVE THE FIRSTBORN BLESSING.
YOU KNOW, HE WANTS US, BECAUSE WE GET
THE FIRSTBORN BLESSING FROM BEING BORN AGAIN,
FROM BEING BORN AGAIN.
BECAUSE WE'RE OF YESHUA
AND HE'S THE FIRSTBORN OF MANY SONS.
WE FOLLOW HIM.
KATHARINE: YEAH.
SO WHEN JACOB BLESSED THE KIDS, HE CROSSED HIS HANDS
AND GAVE THE FIRSTBORN BLESSING TO THE SECOND,
AND SO THAT'S A PICTURE FOR THE GENTILE WORLD,
THAT YOU GET THE BLESSING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
YOU GET THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM BECAUSE OF JESUS.
THROUGH JESUS, WE ALL GET THE FIRSTBORN BLESSING.
YEAH, THERE'S A VERSE,
I THINK IT'S IN COLOSSIANS,
IT'S LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE IN CHRIST,
WE HAVE EVERY HEAVENLY BLESSING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH.
ONE OTHER WONDERFUL THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT SHABBAT
IS THAT IT'S A TIME TO HAVE A LUSCIOUS DINNER,
A WONDERFUL DINNER.
BUT YOU ALSO ARE ENCOURAGED TO INVITE A GUEST.
IT'S ALWAYS --
JUST LIKE THOSE ISRAELIS INVITED ME AND MY FRIEND
INTO THEIR HOME.
NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE ALONE ON SHABBAT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE, ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL THOUGHT,
THAT NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE ALONE ON SHABBAT
BECAUSE EVERYONE'S SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE FAMILY,
OR HAVE FAMILY.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T -- LIKE YOURSELF, JONATHAN,
YOU WERE THERE VISITING AND STUDYING.
YEAH, I WAS ALONE IN ISRAEL,
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO,
AND THEY HEARD US TALKING IN THE CAFE
AND THEY INVITED US OVER.
REBECCA: REALLY?
THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED.
KATHARINE: THAT'S A TYPICAL JEWISH THING.
WE WERE PRACTICING HEBREW AND THEY WERE LISTENING TO US,
YOU KNOW, SAY OUR SENTENCES.
I GO TO THE SUPERMARKET
AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS FROM?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THE BOOK IS ON THE TABLE?
BUT YOU KNOW THE OTHER THING THEN --
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING TO HER?
NO.
KATHARINE: FLOWERS.
I DID.
SEE, I KNEW YOU KNEW.
YEAH.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE --
NO, FLOWERS.
I THINK WE DID.
YOU NORMALLY WOULD BRING FLOWERS FOR THE HOME
JUST AS A GIFT.
TYPICAL THING.
NOTHING SPIRITUAL,
JUST, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL.
YEAH.
EVERYBODY WANTS SOMEWHERE TO GO,
AND THE ISRAELIS ALWAYS WANT YOU TO COME TO THEIR HOME.
THEY'RE JUST --
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR SHABBAT?
WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY --
WELL, THEN YOU COME TO OUR HOUSE.
IT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN OUR CULTURE.
IT'S NICE, RIGHT?
REBECCA: YEAH.
IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF THE GARAGE DOOR CULTURE,
YOU KNOW, WHICH WE LIVE THAT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
YEAH.
SWOOSH. YOU HAVE TO WORK TO MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THIS TOPIC,
WE DO HAVE A RESOURCE.
JONATHAN: YEAH.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER AN ATTACHMENT
THAT DAD HAS HELPED US BUILD SO WE'LL LINK THAT
IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO,
AND IT'LL BE ON THE REBECCA WEISS
LANDING PAGE AS WELL.
SO THE BREAD AND THE CUP.
CAN I JUST CHUG IT OUT OF THAT?
IS THAT WINE OR JUICE?
NO, I KNOW WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S PROBABLY JUICE.
WE DO LIKE NORMALLY,
YOU TAKE THE BREAD, YOU BREAK IT,
AND YOU DUNK IT.
SOMETIMES WHAT THE DAD WILL DO,
YOU'LL SEE AN ORTHODOX FAMILY,
YOU'LL SEE THE DAD STAND UP AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE
AND HE'LL TEAR THE BREAD AND HE'LL THROW IT
TO THE CHILDREN.
THEY'LL CATCH IT LIKE THE MANNA FROM HEAVEN.
REBECCA: AWW, I LOVE THAT.
SO, IT'S JUST KIND OF A PICTURE
OF ALL THE STORIES THEY'VE HEARD THEIR WHOLE LIVES
OF THE EXODUS IN THE WILDERNESS TIME.
SOMETIMES, TOO, THEY'LL SIT THERE AND THEY'LL,
AFTER THEY BLESS THE BREAD, THEY'LL SLICE IT
AND PASS IT AROUND.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL JUST BREAK IT.
SO LET'S BLESS IT, DAD,
AND THEN LET'S BREAK IT,
AND LET'S PASS IT AROUND.
MYLES: OKAY.
KK, WILL YOU LEAD US?
KATHARINE: YES.
WE GET TO LIGHT THE CANDLES.
SO HERE WE GO.
REBECCA: AND AS SHE LIGHTS THE CANDLES,
I'LL SING THE TRADITIONAL PRAYER.
[ SINGING IN HEBREW ]
FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU, GOD,
FOR BEING THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE CALLED US
TO WALK IN YOUR LIGHT,
AND TO DO THE THINGS THAT
YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO HONOR SHABBAT.
AND MAY WE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND YOU'VE CALLED US
TO CONTINUE TO LIGHT OTHER LIGHTS,
SO THAT OUR LIGHT WILL SHINE BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER
UNTIL THAT PERFECT DAY.
[ SINGING IN HEBREW ]
REBECCA: WE'RE ON DIFFERENT SONGS.
[ SINGING IN HEBREW ]
SO WE'VE ADAPTED --
YOU KNOW THE TRADITIONAL.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE I TAUGHT HER.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT ONE.
WE ADAPTED IT TO EMPHASIZE YESHUA.
JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
THE TRADITION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAID
IS FOR -- COMMANDED US TO LIGHT THE CANDLES
WHICH HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO.
IT'S A TRADITION, BUT HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
SO WHEN KATHARINE SINGS IT FOR US IN OUR HOME
OR CONGREGATION, SHE ADAPTS IT AND STRETCHES OUT,
STRETCHES OUT THAT WORD, BUT THE EMPHASIS IS ON HIM
AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE YESHUANESS
OF THE BREAD, RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S -- WE GET TO KEEP COMMUNION EVERY FRIDAY.
SO TRADITIONAL PRAYER, WHICH GOES BACK TO
THE TIME OF THE SECOND TEMPLE,
SO WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNION,
THE INSTITUTION OF COMMUNION AT THE PASSOVER
THAT THAT'S WHAT YESHUA SAID,
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE SAME PRAYER IS THAT OLD.
SO HE WOULD SAY -- REMEMBER HE TOOK THE BREAD
AND BROKE IT AND BLESSED IT.
[ SPEAKING HEBREW ]
BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD GOD, KING OF THE UNIVERSE,
WHO BRINGS FORTH BREAD FROM THE EARTH,
BUT WE KNOW THAT HE IS -- [ SPEAKING HEBREW ]
HE'S THE BREAD OF HEAVEN WHO CAME TO THE EARTH,
WENT INTO THE EARTH, AND CAME BACK UP OUT OF THE EARTH.
AND IT'S HIS BROKEN BODY THAT MAKES US WHOLE,
MAKES US ONE IN HIM,
BUT ALSO HEALS OUR BODIES.
SO WHEN WE DO THIS,
IT HAS THE TRUTH OF PHYSICAL SUSTENANCE,
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THE SPIRITUAL SUSTENANCE THAT COMES FROM
THE BREAD OF HEAVEN BEING INCORPORATED BY US.
SO TAKE SOME AND PASS IT AROUND.
IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOAF OF BREAD EVER.
KATHARINE: OH.
THAT'S THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY.
JONATHAN: THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
I LOVE HOW YOU JUST BROUGHT SOME OF IT.
OH, AND THAT'S ALSO THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT,
IS THAT YOU HAND IT OFF.
YEAH, YOU GIVE A PIECE TO YOUR WIFE.
WHEN DO WE START?
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BLESSED. YOU'RE GOOD.
AND TYPICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE A LITTLE SALT.
YEAH.
THERE SHOULD BE SALT BECAUSE HE PRESERVES OUR LIFE.
MYLES: RIGHT.
AND SO THERE'S EVEN WHEN YOU DEDICATE A HOME,
YOU HAVE BREAD AND SALT.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHEN SOMEBODY MOVES INTO A NEW HOME,
BRING THEM BREAD AND SALT.
BECAUSE BREAD IS FOR PROSPERITY AND SALT IS TO
PRESERVE THE HOUSEHOLD FROM FROM SIN,
FROM ANY SETBACKS.
JONATHAN: AMEN.
AND THEN TAKE THE CUP.
AND THE TRADITIONAL PRAYER AGAIN IS...
[ SPEAKING HEBREW ]
BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD GOD,
KING OF THE UNIVERSE, WHO CREATES
THE FRUIT OF THE VINE.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE VINE
AND WE ARE THE BRANCHES.
KATHARINE: YES, GOD.
AND BECAUSE OF YOUR BLOOD,
BECAUSE OF YOUR SHED BLOOD,
WE CAN BE CLEANSED FROM OUR SIN, AND WE CAN
LIVE WITH YOU FOREVER.
AND SO WHEN WE TAKE THIS,
WE REMEMBER THAT YOUR BLOOD IS THE BLOOD THAT SAVES.
L'CHAIM.
SO GOOD.
WHY DO PEOPLE SAY L'CHAIM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
JONATHAN: TO LIFE.
TO LIFE.
IT'S SO INTERESTING TOO BECAUSE SHABBAT,
TRADITIONAL PEOPLE, THEY START SHABBAT
18 MINUTES BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN BECAUSE 18
IS THE HEBREW NUMBER EQUIVALENT OF LIFE.
SO IT'S A SACRED NUMBER IN THE HEBREW TRADITION
AND THE JEWISH TRADITION.
SO WE SAY TO LIFE BECAUSE THE WORD, THE SPIRIT, GOD,
AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT LIFE,
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE IN SUCH JUXTAPOSITION
WITH THE DEATH CULTS THAT WE'RE SURROUNDED BY
IN THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT JEWISH LIFE
IS ABOUT LIFE.
IT'S ABOUT FAMILY AND CHILDREN AND GENERATION
TO GENERATION.
ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
IT'S ABOUT TIKK #N OLAM, REPAIRING THE WORLD,
MAKING THE WORLD BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT.
THAT'S WHY .02 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION
OF THE EARTH HAS 22 PERCENT OF THE NOBEL PRIZES.
BECAUSE GOD HAS COMMANDED US
TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK DISPASSIONATELY
AT THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'VE DONE HISTORICALLY.
IT MAKES ME THINK OF THAT VERSE THAT SAYS
IN HIM WAS LIFE.
AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN.
WHICH IS THE PRAYER -- KATHARINE: JOHN.
SO GOOD.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY IF ANYONE'S WATCHING
AND THEY TAKE COMMUNION OR THEY DO SHABBAT,
TAG -- TAKE A PHOTO OF IT
SO WE CAN SEE IT AND TAG THE REBECCA WEISS PODCAST PAGE,
SO WE CAN SHARE ON OUR STORIES, TOO, BECAUSE WE WANT
EVERYONE TO EMBRACE THIS AS WELL.
AND THEN COMMENT ON OUR YOUTUBE FEED,
COMMENT SHABBAT SHALOM IF THIS RESONATED WITH YOU.
THAT'S A TRADITIONAL GREETING
WHEN YOU'RE COMING AND GOING ON SHABBAT.
JUST TO --
PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, SHABBAT SHALOM?
WHAT IT MEANS IS MAY YOU HAVE REST.
MAY YOU HAVE PEACE.
AND WE SING...