11-27-2003, 12:00 AM
Shlama lukhon,
I can???t speak for when, exactly the name of the week for Friday was renamed to "arubta" by the Christian Aramaic Speakers or the Christian Armenian Speakers (I think Akhan Paul has demonstrated that it was very early on).
But I can speak for the fact that "erev-shabbat" is never used in place of "yom shishi" by Hebrew Speakers. "Erev"-shabbat" begins at sundown Friday night which is no longer Friday according to Jewish reckoning.
What we are talking about is the renaming OF Friday itself not Saturday Eve.
The Church of the East reckons the days exactly as the rabbinical Jews do -the day begins at sundown the night before, yet "arubta", the sixth day of the week, actually begins on Thursday night after sundown and ends Friday night at sundown.
So they have renamed the entire sixth day which would otherwise be called "sixth of seven". "Erev Shabbat" IS as much Shabbat as the morning of Shabbat, the 7th day is the 7th day and no part of it is the 6th and visa versa!
-Dean
I can???t speak for when, exactly the name of the week for Friday was renamed to "arubta" by the Christian Aramaic Speakers or the Christian Armenian Speakers (I think Akhan Paul has demonstrated that it was very early on).
But I can speak for the fact that "erev-shabbat" is never used in place of "yom shishi" by Hebrew Speakers. "Erev"-shabbat" begins at sundown Friday night which is no longer Friday according to Jewish reckoning.
What we are talking about is the renaming OF Friday itself not Saturday Eve.
The Church of the East reckons the days exactly as the rabbinical Jews do -the day begins at sundown the night before, yet "arubta", the sixth day of the week, actually begins on Thursday night after sundown and ends Friday night at sundown.
So they have renamed the entire sixth day which would otherwise be called "sixth of seven". "Erev Shabbat" IS as much Shabbat as the morning of Shabbat, the 7th day is the 7th day and no part of it is the 6th and visa versa!
-Dean