The reading for Saturday, February 4, 2023 , is Leviticus 23 - 25

 Leviticus 23 - 25

In 23:39, the festival is to be celebrated for 7 days. In our culture, I cannot think of any recurring 7 day festival. It seems to me that we are focused on getting back to business rather than taking time off. Christmas Day actually starts the 12 days of the Christmas season, but, it has become the end day. 

I have always found blasphemy difficult to define/understand. So I looked it up: Blasphemy

The Year of Jubilee seems to be a kind of economic system. I don't think the Year of Jubilee was ever celebrated/observed. 

"help them as you would a foreigner and stranger" This reminds me of the exact opposite behavior of Sodom and Gomorrah regarding Lot's visitors. They did not extend help and hospitality. 


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