“Remember the Sabbath day” (Ex. 20:8), thus implying that it was already known. Furthermore, the commandment by presenting the Sabbath as rooted in creation (Ex. 20:11) hardly allows a late Exodus introduction of the festival.83 To speculate on how the patriarchs kept the Sabbath would be a fruitless endeavor since it would rest more on ifriagination than on available information. Considering, however, that the essence of the Sabbath is not a place to go to fulfill rituals, but a set time to be with