For nearly 4,000 years, the phrase has been a bedrock among observant Jews:
“Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy.”
The Fourth Commandment has the power to still storefronts, fill synagogues, and turn the sidewalks of some neighborhoods into a sea of black-cloaked Orthodox Jews from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday as they fulfill the obligation to enjoy a day of rest.
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