2. Welcome Yeshua’s Yeladim We Love You!

3. Please Remember These Rules Please don’t talk when others are talking. Please raise your hand if you would like to ask a question. Please keep your hands and feet to yourself. You must ask to leave the room.

4. EMOR (SAY) “The Shabbat” Vayikra/Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23

5. Vayikra/Leviticus 23:1-3 The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations - My appointed times are these: For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.

6. Sabbath – The First Festival The Sabbath is a gift that God gave to people. God does not just want us to work, but to take a day off and rest as well. That is what God did when he created the world.

7. God Creates the World After God created the world in six days, he rested on the Sabbath. God blessed it and made it a special day as well.

8. The Sabbath a Gift A gift from God His very own day of rest A day of DELIGHT

9. Yeshua and the Rabbis The Pharisees added many additional laws. “Hedge" or "fence" around the Torah

10. Plucking and Eating Barley Grain One rule was not to harvest grain. Yeshua and his disciples were walking through a grain field. They would rub the grain between their palms "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?"

11. David Eating Consecrated Bread David asks for five loaves of bread for his journey, and the priest gives him the special consecrated bread. Only the priests could eat the bread. Yeshua said “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” Yeshua told the Pharisees that He was Lord of the Sabbath.

12. The Man with the Shriveled Hand Yeshua enters a synagogue There is a man whose right hand is shriveled. Yeshua told the man, to get up and stand in front of everyone. Ancient Synagogue in Safed, Israel

13. Saving Life and Doing Good Yeshua asks, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” Yeshua says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” As the man does so it is completely restored to normal.

14. Lessons for Disciples What does Yeshua intend you to learn from it? First, to observe the Sabbath. Second, that the Law is not to make life harder for man, but to help man. Yeshua loves people, always wanting to meet their needs and help them.

15. Ways to Make the Sabbath Special First, RELAX, enjoy the day and try smiling! You can eat some special food Remember that the Sabbath is a day "set apart" just like followers of Yeshua. Do things differently on the Sabbath, in a more thankful way.

16. Let’s Learn Hebrew! “Shabbat Shalom” “Sabbath Peace”

17. What Did We Learn Today? The Sabbath was created on the seventh day. The Sabbath is a gift and a delight. Yeshua is the Lord of the Sabbath.

18. Small Group Time