>>>It is like working to me.
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>>>But that is not even the point. It is true that certain activities are prohibited on the Sabbath, but the goal is to create a special atmosphere in which we pay tribute to G-d for having ceased working on the 7th day.
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>>>The Sabbath consists of family oriented events; we have 3 home cooked family meals, with discussions and songs for all ages. We review what the children learned in school this week. We go to the synagogue at a leisurely pace with no pressing business appointments. We visit friends nearby. We study some of the Jewish topics we did not have time to get to during the week.
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>>Friends nearby because it is not allowed to visit friends who live farther away?! And walks in the countryside are also not allowed, right? Isn't study like working? It can hardly be called free time. It may be the fact that you like all those activities, but at least studying is an activity after all, in my eyes. The odd thing is that such a simple act as turning on a light is regarded as work. Or is it not allowed for another reason?
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>Hi Peter,
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>I'm sorry, but your questions are so naive / or prejudged, that I don't even want to answer them.

Well Naomi, the questions were for Tuvia Vinitsky, not specially for you. And if you think they are naive, you might decide to give good information. And if you think they are prejudiced, you might decide to - again - give good information, because prejudice is a judgment based on insufficient information. In other words, the worst reaction in such a case is not answering at all.