This week we read the double portion of Tazriya and Metzora. Among other topics, the parsha includes the command to have a brit milah (circumcision) for all baby boys on the eighth day. A beautiful midrash asks why the brit is done on the eighth day. It answers that the brit is performed on the eighth day to make sure that the baby has experienced the holiness of a complete Shabbat before his brit. From this midrash we see how important Shabbat is in the life of the Jewish people.
Why is it so important for the baby to experience Shabbat? What aspects of Shabbat are the most important to you? If you were describing Shabbat to a person who knew nothing about it, what would you most want to tell him?
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