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preparation for Shabbat; observant Jews shop for two days in advance, and stores across the country close earlier than on other days. Shabbat begins after sunset on Friday and ends with the appearance of the first three stars on Saturday evening.” “In Hinduism, Friday is a day of special reverence for goddesses, primarily Durga, Parvati, and Gauri.” Also, “Friday the 13th.” “This superstition belongs to modern urban legends, popularized by the media. It is also linked to the mass arrests of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.” Well, that is the day of Baphomet and the best day for all sinners awaiting punishment. So, all pure people should love Friday the 13th, and all sinners should fear it.

Saturday. “The day of the week between Friday and Sunday. The seventh day (Saturday) of the week of creation: ‘And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work.’” Almost there. Celestial lights, animals, humans – just a little more. Alright, moving on. “A Roman statue of Saturn, the god from whom the tradition of naming Saturday after the god of time and his planet originates in some languages of the world. According to the Bible (Gen. 2:2), God created the world in six days and ceased all His work on the seventh. The understanding of ‘day’ in this context can be both literal and figurative: ‘a thousand years are like one day’ and so on (Ps. 89:5; 2 Pet. 3:8). In Judaism, Saturday is the last, seventh day of the week, during which the Torah and the Tanakh command abstinence from work and pleasures and the holding of a ‘holy gathering.’” “In the Roman Empire, this day was dedicated to Saturn, from which the name of this day in some European languages originates In Europe, the association of the seven-day week with the seven classical
planets possibly dates back to the Hellenistic period.” Now, something interesting. “The Korean word for Saturday, derived from Chinese, is to-yo- il – ‘earth day,’ referring to the Chinese character for ‘earth’ but also linking to the characters To-Sung, meaning ‘Saturn.’ ‘Saturday,’ in literal translation from Japanese, means ‘earth day.’ In India, Saturday is Shanivar, named after Shani, the Vedic god whose manifestation is the planet Saturn. In Thailand, Saturday is named in Pali (sani) and also refers to Saturn as a planet.” This is well written: “Countries with strong Christian traditions continue to consider Saturday as the seventh day of the week. This correlates