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Rediscovering an ancient gift: What Nigerian Jews taught me about the meaning of Shabbat - opinion

Where do you begin to explain Shabbat from scratch? I found myself going back to the beginning. Literally. The first Shabbat in the Torah is found in the opening chapter of human existence.

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