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Sabbath

Saturday in Judaism, the day when people stop working. The word itself, as Han writes, originally means "to stop."

The Burnout Society, Byung-Chul Han

Explained in

• The Burnout Society, Byung-Chul Han
• Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay

  In the view of the witch hunters, a nightly gathering of witches with the devil.

• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, John Mark Comer

  The day of rest in the Jewish and biblical tradition. In Hebrew the word means “to stop” or “to cease”.

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