Post by alon on Aug 8, 2017 8:53:44 GMT -8
Condensed from a teaching by Rav S:
Oneg Shabbat- Oneg means delight or joy, so Oneg Shabbat means the “Delight of Shabbat.” It is something that most Synagogues do, and basically it’s a potluck after Shabbat service; but it can also include singing, community discussions, study, etc.
Jewish literature from the first century says that it’s important that we eat three full meals on Shabbat in the spirit of the joy that Shabbat brings us. The idea of Oneg goes clear back to Old Testament times. In Isaiah 58:13 we read of a commandment V’karata l’Shabbat oneg,’ meaning ‘You shall call the Shabbat a joy/delight.’
In one of the earliest sources in the Mishna (Berachot 31b), The Pharisees taught that a person is not allowed to fast on Shabbat; unless of course Yom Kippur falls on a Sabbath. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, supersedes everything. The joy of Shabbat cannot be observed correctly if you don’t eat. Fasting on Shabbat goes against the spirit of the day G-d has given us.
In the first century, provided they had space, the Synagogue would often be used as a place where travelers could spend the night on the Sabbath. They didn’t want people walking too far on Shabbat so they’d allow Jewish travelers to spend the night in the Synagogue and wait till Shabbat was over before they went on their way. While they were there, they would offer them food if it was available in order to make Shabbat an Oneg, a delight. So the roots of Oneg go pretty far back.
Yeshua also kept the Oneg Shabbat. In fact, He’s the reason we’re commanded to call Shabbat an Oneg, because the Oneg of Shabbat is Him! There’s a reason for that commandment just like there’s a reason for all His Commandments. G-d is showing us something. He’s showing us that Yeshua is there on every Sabbath with us. He is our delight. But isn’t Jesus with us always? Yes, but He’s there in a special way on His Shabbat.
Isaiah 58:13-14 (KJV) If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Now, it’s not saying you can’t do anything you enjoy on the Sabbath. The whole idea of Sabbath is that you enjoy yourself as well as spend time with G-d and rest. Not doing your own pleasures means doing things you’d want to do that would break the Sabbath.
It’s a command from G-d eveen though it says “If” you do these things “then” you shall delight yourself in the L-rd. You could say it says if, so it’s not a command. That doesn’t work in Hebraic logic. This portion is a mitzvah, an instruction. Even though it’s prefaced with If, in Hebrew it then says you shall call the Sabbath a delight, That makes it a mitzvah in Hebraic thought. ‘“If” you will do this, I will bless you thus.’ The formula for the mitzvoth, often translated as commands. Yeshua is our Oneg Shabbat, He is our delight of the Sabbath. We do this to honor Him as a type of the joy we will have in eternity with He who redeemed us.
Oneg Shabbat- Oneg means delight or joy, so Oneg Shabbat means the “Delight of Shabbat.” It is something that most Synagogues do, and basically it’s a potluck after Shabbat service; but it can also include singing, community discussions, study, etc.
Jewish literature from the first century says that it’s important that we eat three full meals on Shabbat in the spirit of the joy that Shabbat brings us. The idea of Oneg goes clear back to Old Testament times. In Isaiah 58:13 we read of a commandment V’karata l’Shabbat oneg,’ meaning ‘You shall call the Shabbat a joy/delight.’
In one of the earliest sources in the Mishna (Berachot 31b), The Pharisees taught that a person is not allowed to fast on Shabbat; unless of course Yom Kippur falls on a Sabbath. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, supersedes everything. The joy of Shabbat cannot be observed correctly if you don’t eat. Fasting on Shabbat goes against the spirit of the day G-d has given us.
In the first century, provided they had space, the Synagogue would often be used as a place where travelers could spend the night on the Sabbath. They didn’t want people walking too far on Shabbat so they’d allow Jewish travelers to spend the night in the Synagogue and wait till Shabbat was over before they went on their way. While they were there, they would offer them food if it was available in order to make Shabbat an Oneg, a delight. So the roots of Oneg go pretty far back.
Yeshua also kept the Oneg Shabbat. In fact, He’s the reason we’re commanded to call Shabbat an Oneg, because the Oneg of Shabbat is Him! There’s a reason for that commandment just like there’s a reason for all His Commandments. G-d is showing us something. He’s showing us that Yeshua is there on every Sabbath with us. He is our delight. But isn’t Jesus with us always? Yes, but He’s there in a special way on His Shabbat.
Isaiah 58:13-14 (KJV) If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Now, it’s not saying you can’t do anything you enjoy on the Sabbath. The whole idea of Sabbath is that you enjoy yourself as well as spend time with G-d and rest. Not doing your own pleasures means doing things you’d want to do that would break the Sabbath.
It’s a command from G-d eveen though it says “If” you do these things “then” you shall delight yourself in the L-rd. You could say it says if, so it’s not a command. That doesn’t work in Hebraic logic. This portion is a mitzvah, an instruction. Even though it’s prefaced with If, in Hebrew it then says you shall call the Sabbath a delight, That makes it a mitzvah in Hebraic thought. ‘“If” you will do this, I will bless you thus.’ The formula for the mitzvoth, often translated as commands. Yeshua is our Oneg Shabbat, He is our delight of the Sabbath. We do this to honor Him as a type of the joy we will have in eternity with He who redeemed us.