Every Friday night sundown to Saturday night stars up, is the Jewish Shabbos. Orthodox Jews hold the laws of Shabbos and do not do "work" on Shabbos. It gets a bit complicated, you can read an introduction to the Laws of Shabbos at Aish.com, but in short, for people like Gary and myself, it means no using computers or Treos or iPhones on Shabbos - a whole 25 hours or so.
I do this every single week, so it is not a big deal for me. But Gary has never done this, since he is not an orthodox Jew, he does not hold the same things as I do. After Gary married Lisa, I invited them to come spend a "Shabbos" with us. They took us up on the offer this weekend. It was really nice to show Gary and Lisa our Shabbos routine and customs. But it was even nicer to spend time with the both of them without the distractions of a computer.
I can't imagine how hard it is to turn everything off for 25 hours. I mean, I do it every week, but if I had to do it once when never having experienced it before - that sounds hard.
In any event... Thank you Gary and Lisa for coming - it was really special. Hope to have you guys back soon!


Comments
ITS A GOOD THING U HAVE SHABBOS
ITS good for your wife
she knows she gets 25 hours of your attention and u NOT going on the computer and all
SHE MUST BE HAPPY
glad u had a great shabbos with the company and all
Posted by: SHABBOS | December 24, 2007 8:59 AM
:^0 [Jaw drops] Wow! - I have a new respect for you. You were the very last person I would suspect to unplug for one entire day... ever.
Posted by: Hawaii SEO | December 24, 2007 1:59 PM
BTW - Great picture! & Happy Hanukkah!
Posted by: Hawaii SEO | December 24, 2007 2:01 PM
The law is the law. :) It isn't always easy, but I have no choice.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | December 24, 2007 2:02 PM