Talk:Sambation
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isnt there a story of the writer of akdamus (or someone else) crossing the sambatyon becauuse of an emrergency even though he knew he could never come back because pikuach nefesh is the only reason he could cross on shabbos to that side?gevaldik! 16:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] river of fire
I think I read somewhere that The Sambation is a river of fire that the souls of sinners have to traverse during the week. It's fiery flow ceases during the Sabbath so to help them we make the Sabbath longer, to help postpone their suffering. Valley2city 06:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)