He apparently gave $650,000, equivalent to some $20,000,000 today.
Posted on 05/05/2026 4:04:11 PM PDT by Ezekiel
U.S. President Donald Trump called on Americans to observe Shabbat from sundown on May 15 to nightfall on May 16 in a proclamation signed yesterday. Israel365News reports that Trump is the first American president to make such a declaration. In his statement, he referenced George Washington’s 1790 letter to the Touro Synagogue and highlighted how Jewish Americans help fulfill the founding promise of the nation as it marks its 250th year.
“In special honor of 250 glorious years of American independence and on the weekend of Rededicate 250 — a national jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving — Jewish Americans are encouraged to observe a national Sabbath,” Trump wrote. “From sundown on May 15 to nightfall on May 16, friends, families, and communities of all backgrounds may come together in gratitude for our great Nation. This day will recognize the sacred Jewish tradition of setting aside time for rest, reflection, and gratitude to the Almighty.”
Trump also paid tribute to Haym Salomon, the Revolutionary War–era financier who rallied support for independence and, as the proclamation put it, “gave everything to the success of the American Revolution.” The proclamation declares: “Like so many Jewish Americans who follow in his footsteps, Salomon’s legacy stands as a testament to the unshakable belief in the American promise.”
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Trump calls on US Jews to dedicate next Shabbat to America’s 250th anniversary celebration
Trump declares a 'national Sabbath' as part of Jewish American Heritage Month
WOW I had no idea that Trump had done this, really nice to see and I know that Charlie is smiling since he was a big supporter of celebrating the sabbath
Sunday law coming.
He is wrong to do that, despite the need for America to repent.
Tucker will lose his mind. Well, what’s left of it..😆
Sunday law coming??
Do you know what a Shabbat is? I guess not.
Its a voluntary thing, not an order. Every citizen is free to join the observance or not. Such proclamations do not betray our rights or freedom of religion, nor do they impose any legal mandate on anyone. Its a public - voluntary - remembrance for something worthy of our nation to remember.
You are jumping to a non-substantiated conclusion
Amen!
Will have an extra special one …
They will still call him Hitler.
It’s the Sabbath, but a national Sabbath is not predicted.
Taxes were also temporary and voluntary.
He apparently gave $650,000, equivalent to some $20,000,000 today.
President Trump's day of birth: Flag Day, June 14th, 1946, Sivan 15 -- the traditional date for the birth and passing of Judah.
The Chumash opened with the two verses that are marked out by the inverted nuns:
Bamidbar (Numbers) Chapter 10
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35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Arise, God! May Your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate You flee from You.”
36 When [the ark] came to rest, he would say, “Repose, God, among the myriads and thousands of Israel.”
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The "National Shabbat" falls on Parshat Bamidbar...
Bamidbar: Numbers 1:1 - 4:20
Shabbat Machar Chodesh: Samuel I 20:18-42
... which is the 'rightful place' for the inverted nuns text; i.e. with the flags:
The Babylonian Talmud records in the tractate Shabbath, folio 116a, that the markings surrounding Numbers 10:35–36 were thought to denote that this 85-letter text was not in its proper place. One opinion states that it would appear in another location which discusses the order of tribal column, with the position of the Ark already stated there.
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R. Shimon Ben Gamliel says: This section will be uprooted from its place and written in its rightful place in the future (but for now it is in its correct location). Why is it written here? So as to separate between first and second retribution [3]. Second retribution is "and the people grumbled". First retribution is "and they traveled from the mountain of G-d (i.e., they eagerly run away from G-d's presence)". Where is it its appropriate place? Rav Ashi says: "In the section dealing with the disposition of the Israelites according to their banners and their travelling arrangements" (Numbers 1:52-2:34, Shabbath 116a).
בַּדְּגָלִים, with the flags:
https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.116a.3?lang=bi
"Sabbath of Tomorrow's Moon":
Machar Chodesh Haftarah in a Nutshell for Shabbat Preceding Rosh Chodesh
ROFL!
LOVE THIS!!!
Jesus celebrated Shabbat.
“He is wrong to do that, despite the need for America to repent.”
I agree. I’m not Jewish and has the time to quit work for Saturday? Does Trump?
wy69
If God wanted us to celebrate on Saturday, He would have made a law declaring it so.
Sabbath is a gift.
If God wanted us to celebrate on Saturday, He would have made a law declaring it so.
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He chose another day, but one can’t find that day using Rome’s times and law, so yup.
No Saturday law in the scriptures.
Good argument..
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