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2 unusual facts about Shomer Shabbat


Shomer Shabbat

In the movie The Big Lebowski, Walter Sobchak, played by John Goodman, the main character's best friend claims to be Shomer Shabbos and refuses to bowl on Shabbos.

For example, after extensive appeals on their behalf, the U.S. National High School Mock Trial Championship made adjustments for observant Jews from the Torah Academy of Bergen County who were the 2005 state champions representing New Jersey.


David ben Aryeh Leib

Rabbi David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida (c.1650-1696) wrote works of rabbinic literature, including Sefer Shomer Shabbat and books on the 613 Mitzvot, bris milah, the Shulchan Aruch, the Book of Ruth, and Jewish ethics (Divrei David, 1671).


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