I Blog the Least on the Sabbath




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After I wrote The Difference Between Sunday School and Saturday School, I became curious about the days of the week on which I blogged the most frequently, and after a short analysis I discovered that out of my 2,500 published posts (not including this one) the frequency count is as follows:

CountDay of WeekPercent
232Saturday9.3
295Sunday11.8
322Friday12.9
407Monday16.3
408Thursday16.3
415Tuesday16.6
421Wednesday16.8

As one can see, I "rested" the most on the Sabbath when less than 10% of my articles were published.

Source: the data is taken from my list of published articles and their posted dates: link.




For those of my readers who may not be familiar with the Jewish concept of resting on the Sabbath, I offer the following synopsis:

Jewish Law identifies thirty-nine categories of activity prohibited on the Sabbath (1) mostly regarding farming, preparing food, sewing or cleaning of clothing, hunting, construction, working with fire, and writing.

Many Gentiles believe that Jews are not allowed to work on the Sabbath, associating the word "work" with physical activity or employment; however the word "work" as it applies to the Sabbath is defined differently than the gentile version of the word. "Work" in the Sabbath sense is interpreted by Jewish authorities to mean activity in which something is being completed or created. This definition covers mental creativity even when there is no physical effort. For example, a devout Jew should not be imagining a screenplay in his head on the Sabbath. A rabbi, meanwhile, is certainly allowed to "work" leading services on the Sabbath.




ENDNOTES


(1):

Judaism 101, The Nature of Shabbat

  1. Sowing
  2. Plowing
  3. Reaping
  4. Binding sheaves
  5. Threshing
  6. Winnowing
  7. Selecting
  8. Grinding
  9. Sifting
  10. Kneading
  11. Baking
  12. Shearing wool
  13. Washing wool
  14. Beating wool
  15. Dyeing wool
  16. Spinning
  17. Weaving
  18. Making two loops
  19. Weaving two threads
  20. Separating two threads
  21. Tying
  22. Untying
  23. Sewing two stitches
  24. Tearing
  25. Trapping
  26. Slaughtering
  27. Flaying
  28. Salting meat
  29. Curing hide
  30. Scraping hide
  31. Cutting hide up
  32. Writing two letters
  33. Erasing two letters
  34. Building
  35. Tearing a building down
  36. Extinguishing a fire
  37. Kindling a fire
  38. Hitting with a hammer
  39. Taking an object from the private domain to the public, or transporting an object in the public domain.



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