Astral Codex Ten

Shabbat

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Shabbat

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Shabbat is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between April 21, 2021 and January 20, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “introduced the most critical changes to the congregation: Shabbat, kashrut”; “They were heading home after Shabbat services”; “whether you can play basketball on Shabbat”. It most often appears alongside A16Z, ACX, Alice Evans.

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  • Category: Concepts
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: April 21, 2021
  • Last seen: January 20, 2025

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

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April 21, 2021 · Original source
With the sole guidance of books, Juan Carlos introduced the most critical changes to the congregation: Shabbat, kashrut (dietary restrictions), and circumcision. Members stopped working on Saturdays, though for months they continued to play music, take photographs, and pursue a number of activities that were prohibited. Pork and shellfish were banned; meat and milk were no longer mixed. When ordering coffee at a café, members asked that it be served in a disposable cup to ensure that it hadn’t been polluted by pork […]
Two days later, on a Friday night, I left the synagogue with a crowd of about 100. The men wore black suits, white shirts with tzitzit, and black knitted kippot or black fedoras. The women were dressed in long polyester skirts and bright head scarves. They were heading home after Shabbat services. They had been chanting and praising God, the men fervently kissing a Torah scroll, and were in a merry mood. I was walking between Elad and Shlomo. We chatted about the women who had stayed at home preparing the most important dinner of the week and the families who were hosting. We reached the corner of Bello’s main street and were about to scatter, wish­ing “Shabbat shalom” to one another, when a crowd of Zorros, Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Ebola nurses, witches, and princesses engulfed us. It was October 31, the night of Halloween.
Open Thread 365
January 20, 2025 · Original source
It's said that Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky was asked whether you can play basketball on Shabbat. He asked what basketball is, and they said "it's a game where you have to put the ball in the basket," so Rav Kanievsky asked, "Why don't they just leave the ball in the basket from before Shabbos"? Some say this didn't happen, some say he was making a joke, and some say he didn't know about basketball or the entire concept of a game.
Inline links: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky