Luke 24:1

[Shuvah]

Shuvah...please ignore the lunar Sabbath nonsense. It's completely un-historical.

Have you read Moadai Tishmoru (Rav. David Pollina)? I know everyone says forget about the Lunar Sabbath and when I first came across it, I did exactly that. What I had read about it to that point sounded pretty ridiculous to me too. But having nearly completed his book on the topic (200 pages), I can't dismiss it that easily. He makes a lot of sense and has Scripture to back up what he says. Perhaps you could point me to something that lays out an equally sound case from the opposite perspective? As I mentioned before, this is all very new to me, so it will take some time to sift through. I can't just dismiss something just because someone says don't go there. I'm sure you understand. My Christian friends would like to tell me I'm fallen from grace for keeping Torah.

I have not read his book. But, frankly, I've stopped reading fringe literature for the most part. I'm thankful for the likes of Michael Rood and Lew White or I would not be where I am today. But I found that I've also wasted a lot of time on them. I try to stick to the hard-core scholars these days. Men proven in the field. There's simply not enough time in our lives to spend going over every fringe element that has a point or three. I've read Philo's statements that appear to support a Lunar Sabbath, and besides being interesting, they do nothing in the way of proof.
If you would like to show me a few of his arguments I would be more than happy to answer them to the best of my ability. (though, I think the administration would prefer that we did that in private messages, rather than derailing this thread more than we already have. :-D)

Shalom uvrachot,
Dawid

Shalom Dawid,

I don't think I would call it fringe. Again, it is not my purpose to try to influence anyone in either direction. I'm an avid reader and I've read well written books and poorly written books. This one, IMHO, is VERY well written. I have NOT read any other books on the Lunar Sabbath, but this one has a great deal in the way of proof, so you would not be disappointed. It wouldn't do tbe topic justice for me to pull a few things out to share. It would be like quoting somthing out of context and that's just not a good way to examine things. The book is available free as an E-Book upon request. I believe it would be worth your time to read, if for no other reason than to show you that even a very well-written, well-documented book can't tear a hole in the 7-day week. Personally, I cannot easily dismiss it. There may be other books on the same topic I would toss on a heap, but not this one. It's different.

I don't want to derail the thread either. I've already posted way more than I initially intended to. I'd like to just "lurk" in the shadows for awhile. I am sure I can learn a lot by just "listening"!

Shavua'tov!