Talk:Sambation
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isnt there a story of the writer of akdamus (or someone else) crossing the sambatyon becauuse of an emrergency even though he knew he could never come back because pikuach nefesh is the only reason he could cross on shabbos to that side?gevaldik! 16:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] river of fire
I think I read somewhere that The Sambation is a river of fire that the souls of sinners have to traverse during the week. It's fiery flow ceases during the Sabbath so to help them we make the Sabbath longer, to help postpone their suffering. Valley2city 06:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Sambatyon was also mentioned by Josephus
The Sambatyon river was also mentioned by Josephus Flavius (Yoseph Ben Matityahu) in the context of Titus's treatment of the Jews. He mentioned that Titus saw the Sambatyon, somewhere in Syria. Josephus's description of the river was rather different than the sages' description, in that the river ran only on the Sabbath, and was dry during the rest of the week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.150.187.1 (talk) 12:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Abulafia's Journey
According to Gerschom Scholem, Abulafia's search for the Sambathion and his quest to reach the pope were two totally distinct events. One took place around 1440, the other around 1480. But maybe for an entry like this, the current information is already more than enough? Betlamed 12:18, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
