"These laws are not binding on our modern society as is the moral Law, so we can ignore them if we wish."
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 Banned by the Bible?“Things banned by the Bible: Shaving - Leviticus 19:27, Cursing - Ephesians 5:4, Gossip - Leviticus 19:16 Football on Saturdays - Exodus 20:8, Eating Lobster - Leviticus 11:10, Eating Pork - Leviticus 11:7, Cotton Polyester Blends - Leviticus 19:19, Associating with women who are on their period - Leviticus 15-19.” - Online AtheistEven though this isn’t posed as a question and it’s stated in mockery, I have decided to address it because it’s common for atheists to make statements like this. This is a mixture of moral and ceremonial Hebrew laws. The moral Law (You shall not murder, steal, lie, commit adultery, etc.,) is binding on the whole of humanity. This is summarized in the Ten Commandments and encompasses gossip, cursing, lust and hatred. Its precepts are written on our hearts via the conscience, and each of us will be judged by it on Judgment Day (Romans 2:12, James 2:12). That’s why all of us need a Savior. Then there is the ceremonial/dietary law in which God instructed Israel not to eat horses, camels, cats, dogs, lions, tigers, etc. Only those with a split hoof could be eaten. “Unclean” animals such as pigs and lobsters were forbidden, probably because they were scavengers and were therefore not good for their health. God also told them what to wear and the importance of resting one day each week. If they didn’t rest they were liable to suffer from stress, and if they mixed cotton and wool, it would make them sweat. Christians are free to follow the dietary laws of the Old Testament, however, the New Testament tells us they have no influence on whether or not we enter the Kingdom of Heaven. These laws are not binding on our modern society as is the moral Law, so we can ignore them if we wish. But in doing so we are liable to end up with a stressed, diseased, overweight society that has to rub chemicals under its armpits to stop offensive odor. Source: http://www.livingwaters.com/ 
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Matthew 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:[4]
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Deu 14:26 And thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household. "...so we can ignore them if we wish"?
Remember the sabbath day, to
keep it holy.
8 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
9 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD
thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates;
10 for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the
LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The importance and sanctity
of Shabbat cannot be over stated. Shabbat is not a manmade holy day based on
the determination of some counsel of priests. Shabbat was set apart for special
observance by God Himself! As we read in the Torah:
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens
and the earth were finished, along with everything in them.
2 On the seventh day God was
finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from
all his work which he had made.
3 God blessed the seventh
day and separated it as holy; because on that day God rested from all his work
which he had created, so that it itself could produce.
Shabbat, the Sabbath or
seventh day, stands unique among the days of the week. Shabbat was specifically
set apart as holy (kodesh in the Hebrew) by God Himself. Of this word kodesh we
read:
A primitive root; to be
(causatively make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally): -
appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, (be, keep) holy (-er, place), keep,
prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify (-ied one, self), X wholly (Strong's:
H6942).
This could not be any more
clear. Shabbat is the most important ritual observance in biblical religion.
Observing Shabbat is the sign that one is in a covenant relationship with
HaShem. As our Siddur (prayer book) translates Exodus 31:13: "Above all,
my Sabbaths you shall keep; for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your
generations that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
"Above all." This
allows for no exceptions. There is not a single verse anywhere in the 66 books
of the Bible that nullifies this direct command, nor a single verse sanctifying
any other week day, including Sunday, as being kodesh (holy). As Y'hudey Y'shua
Shabbat observance is not optional. Shabbat is the sign that we are part of the
Brit Hadashah (New Covenant) -- that we have been "grafted into" or
"adopted into" Judaism. [1]
Kiddush
Shabbat enters with words of wonder poured upon rich wine, to fulfill the verse, “Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it.”
We call it kiddush, a ritual of words and drink, a magical bridge from the harried weekday to the day of rest. So enchanted we are by the kiddushthat we repeat it again in a different form by day. The kiddush serves as the kickoff for the evening and daytime Shabbat meals.
The nighttime kiddush consists of three parts: 1) Three verses from Genesis that recount how G‑d rested on the seventh day and sanctified it. 2) The blessing for wine. 3) A blessing thanking G‑d for giving us the Shabbat.
A magical bridge from the harried weekday to the day of restThe daytime kiddush consists of several verses from Exodus, followed by the blessing on wine.
Kiddush how-to:
Kiddush in Aramaic means "Holy".
- On Friday night, sing the Shalom Aleichem, to welcome the Shabbat angels, and the ode to the Woman of Valor.
- Rinse and dry the kiddush cup. Fill it to the brim with kosher wine.
- Gather everyone to stand around the Shabbat table. Raise the wine-filled cup in your right hand (unless you are left-handed), and recite thekiddush aloud.
- On Friday night, gaze at the Shabbat candles as you say the first four words. Then look at the wine in the cup while saying the wine blessing.
- All in attendance answer “Amen” at the conclusion of the blessings.
- Drink at least 1½ ounces from the cup. Everyone else should also have a sip.
Technical details:
- Wine is preferable, but kosher grape juice is okay.
- Don’t eat or drink before kiddush—starting from sundown of Friday night, and after the prayers on Shabbat morning.
- If no wine or grape juice is available, recite the kiddush on challah or bread. Just replace the wine blessing with the bread blessing—and wash hands before the kiddush.
- Once someone has sipped from a cup of wine, the leftover wine should not be used for kiddush unless some fresh wine is added to the cup. [2]
Significance
The Torah refers to two requirements concerning Shabbat - to "keep it" and to "remember it" (shamor and zakhor). Jewish law therefore requires that Shabbat be observed in two respects. One must "keep it" by refraining from thirty-nine forbidden activities, and one must "remember it" by making special arrangements for the day, and specifically through thekiddush ceremony.
Reciting kiddush before the meal on the eve of Shabbat and Jewish holidays is thus a commandment from the Torah (as it is explained by the Oral Torah). Reciting kiddush before the morning meal on Shabbat and holidays is a requirement of rabbinic origin. Kiddush is not usually recited at the third meal on Shabbat, although Maimonides was of the opinion that wine should be drunk at this meal as well.
Rituals
To honor the mitzvah of reciting kiddush, a silver goblet is often used, although any cup can suffice. The cup must hold a revi'it of liquid.Arevi'it is between 5.46 fluid ounces (161.5 ml) (Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz) and 3.07 fluid ounces (90.7 ml) (Rabbi Avraham Chaim Naeh). After the person reciting the kiddush drinks from the wine, the rest of it is passed around the table or poured out into small cups for the other participants. Alternatively, wine is poured for each of the participants before kiddush.
Before reciting kiddush, the challah, which will be the next food item eaten in honor of the Shabbat or holiday, is first covered with a cloth. According to Halakha, the blessing over bread takes precedence to the blessing over wine. However, in the interests of beginning the meal with kiddush, the challah is covered to "remove" it from the table (some do not have the challah on the table at all during kiddush). Some interpret the covering of the challah allegorically, explaining that just as we go out of our way to protect an inanimate object (the bread) from being "insulted" (by the blessing over wine taking precedence), we should display the same sensitivity toward the feelings of other people.[3]
Source:
[1] http://yeshivabethhashem.org/
[2] http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/610626/jewish/Kiddush.htm
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiddush
[4] http://natzrim.blogspot.com/2013/01/jesus-would-surely-have-known-church.html
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