<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Minion-Regular; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The article seeks to rescue the uniquely Jewish conception we know as the (Sabbatical) week from the obscurity caused, ironically, by its own success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>It demonstrates how the deliberate interference of the week with natural timekeeping is both a part of the broader revolutionary theological message of Judaism and a key to unlocking a number of difficult passages in the Bible. In particular, this key is used to gain a new understanding of the relationship between the Shabbat, the Sabbatical week, and another bedrock element of Judaism - the Exodus.</span></span></p>