# The Sabbath Epistle · אגרת השבת

12th-century polemical letter defending the traditional view that Shabbat begins at dusk.

## Contents

- **[Author's Preface](https://torahlm.org/The%20Sabbath%20Epistle/s/Author's%20Preface)** (21 segments)
- **[Introduction](https://torahlm.org/The%20Sabbath%20Epistle/s/Introduction)** (5 segments)
- **[First Gate; On the Beginning of the Year](https://torahlm.org/The%20Sabbath%20Epistle/s/First%20Gate%3B%20On%20the%20Beginning%20of%20the%20Year)** (26 segments)
- **[Second Gate; On the Beginning of the Month](https://torahlm.org/The%20Sabbath%20Epistle/s/Second%20Gate%3B%20On%20the%20Beginning%20of%20the%20Month)** (6 segments)
- **[Third Gate; On the Beginning of the Day](https://torahlm.org/The%20Sabbath%20Epistle/s/Third%20Gate%3B%20On%20the%20Beginning%20of%20the%20Day)** (21 segments)

Version (He): Iggeret haShabbat, KTAV Publishing House, 2009 (License: CC-BY)

Version (En): merged

Hebrew: 19,265 words; English: 15,809 words.