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:*The Jewish services treats the Sabbath as a bride and queen (along with God the groom).
 
:*The Jewish services treats the Sabbath as a bride and queen (along with God the groom).
 
:*The [[Torah]] reading on the Sabbath has more sections of Torah readings than on Yom Kippur, the most of any Jewish holiday.
 
:*The [[Torah]] reading on the Sabbath has more sections of Torah readings than on Yom Kippur, the most of any Jewish holiday.
:*There is a tradition that the [[Messiah]] will come if every Jew observes the Sabbath twice in a row.
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:*There is a tradition that the [[Messiah]] will come if every Jew observes the Sabbath twice in a row.<br />Additionally, Orthodox Jews observe 39 restrictions on the Sabbath. These include not cooking, lighting fires (includes using electricity), extinguishing fires, writing, cutting, etc.
Additionally, Orthodox Jews observe 39 restrictions on the Sabbath. These include not cooking, lighting fires (includes using electricity), extinguishing fires, writing, cutting, etc.
   
* '''Tu Bishvat''' - 15 Shevat - Tu Bishvat is the new year for trees. According to the Mishnah, it marks the day from which fruit tithes are counted each year, and marks the timepoint from which the Biblical prohibition on eating the first three years of fruit and the requirement to bring the fourth year fruit to the Temple in Jerusalem were counted. In modern times, it is celebrated by eating various fruits and nuts associated with the Land of [[Israel]].
 
* '''Tu Bishvat''' - 15 Shevat - Tu Bishvat is the new year for trees. According to the Mishnah, it marks the day from which fruit tithes are counted each year, and marks the timepoint from which the Biblical prohibition on eating the first three years of fruit and the requirement to bring the fourth year fruit to the Temple in Jerusalem were counted. In modern times, it is celebrated by eating various fruits and nuts associated with the Land of [[Israel]].
  
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