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same as the Syriac Pshitta "A'rubta" from the Aramaic
"arabh" - " to set down (the sun)." It was so called
because after the setting of the sun on Friday the Sabbath
day commenced. The reason given for the sacred character
of Saturday is that on that day God "rested" from His
work of creation. But the reason for the choice of Friday,
as it can easily be understood, is of a double nature. First,
because on this day the great work of the creation, or of
the universal formation of all the innumerable worlds, beings
and things visible and invisible, planets, and microbes was
completed. This was the first event that interrupted eternity,
when time, space, and matter came into being. The com-
memoration, the anniversary, and the sanctity of such a
prodigious event on the day on which it was achieved is
"arabh" - " to set down (the sun)." It was so called
because after the setting of the sun on Friday the Sabbath
day commenced. The reason given for the sacred character
of Saturday is that on that day God "rested" from His
work of creation. But the reason for the choice of Friday,
as it can easily be understood, is of a double nature. First,
because on this day the great work of the creation, or of
the universal formation of all the innumerable worlds, beings
and things visible and invisible, planets, and microbes was
completed. This was the first event that interrupted eternity,
when time, space, and matter came into being. The com-
memoration, the anniversary, and the sanctity of such a
prodigious event on the day on which it was achieved is