11-26-2003, 08:51 AM
Shlama Akhi Dean,
What is the earliest (Aramaic) documentation of the reasoning you've given? (That Friday is called 'arubta because of the suffering of Messiah) I'm wondering if it is actually a construction from a later time.
I've always thought that the use of 'arubta in early (Syriac-gulp!) literature for Friday was merely the Aramaic shorthand for of the Hebrew 'erev shabbat, which refers the the time after sunset late Friday (Friday also called "preparation day").
Shlama w'taybootha,
Rob
What is the earliest (Aramaic) documentation of the reasoning you've given? (That Friday is called 'arubta because of the suffering of Messiah) I'm wondering if it is actually a construction from a later time.
I've always thought that the use of 'arubta in early (Syriac-gulp!) literature for Friday was merely the Aramaic shorthand for of the Hebrew 'erev shabbat, which refers the the time after sunset late Friday (Friday also called "preparation day").
Shlama w'taybootha,
Rob
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