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Sabbath
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By Jayne Cohen
Published 2008
“It was the darkness and emptiness of the streets I liked most about Friday evening, as if in preparation for that day of rest and worship which the Jews greet ‘as a bride’. … I waited for the streets to go dark on Friday evening as other children waited for Christmas lights.”
—Alfred Kazin,
A Walker in the City
EVERY WEEK FROM EIGHTEEN MINUTES BEFORE SUNSET FRIDAY UNTIL THE FIRST THREE STARS APPEAR SATURDAY EVENING
No wonder the Sabbath is frequently personified as a beautiful queen, princess, or bride: traditional Jewish families eagerly begin feverish preparations for its arrival as if for a royal visit.