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Zoe sits in for Chris with a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 26 May 2014 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 001.

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Snap Out Of It

    • (CD Single).
    • Domino.
    • 001.

  • Bee Gees

    Stayin' Alive

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • James Blunt

    Postcards

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • The Chordettes

    Mister Sandman

    • Christmas Memories Are Made Of This.
    • Virgin.

  • Art Garfunkel

    I Only Have Eyes for You

    • Art Garfunkel - Breakaway.
    • Columbia.

  • Great Western Chorus Of Bristol

    Rhythm Of Life

  • Tony Hadley

    Take Back Everything

    • Not Available.
    • 001.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Fantastic Day

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 007.

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ella Henderson

    Ghost

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Chrissie Hynde

    You Or No One

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.
    • 001.

  • Michael Jackson

    Love Never Felt So Good (feat. Justin Timberlake) (feat. Justin Timberlake)

    • Xscape.
    • Sony Music.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Annie I'm Not Your Daddy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Ramble On

    • Led Zeppelin - Remasters.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • Morrissey

    Everyday Is Like Sunday

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Dolly Parton

    Home

    • Blue Smoke - The Best Of.
    • Sony Music.

  • Reel 2 Real

    I Like To Move It (feat. The Mad Stuntman)

    • Now 27.
    • Virgin/EMI.
    • 6.

  • Lionel Richie

    All Night Long (All Night)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Hollywood Nights

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Frank Sinatra

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • (Single).
    • A&M.

  • The Style Council

    Shout To The Top

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Andy Williams

    Can't Take My Eyes Off You

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Stevie Wonder

    If You Really Love Me

    • Stevie Wonder Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Rabbi Pete Tobias of the Liberal Synagogue, Elstree

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Well Zoe, it鈥檚 a bank holiday Monday. Technically it shouldn鈥檛 be; the original reason for this bank holiday was that it听听followed Whit Sunday, the Sunday following Pentecost 听鈥� still 2 weeks away. 听But more of that later鈥�


Holidays 鈥� for banks or otherwise 鈥� are a crucial part of civilisation. My ancient ancestors recognised the importance of setting aside a period of time for rest and refreshment 鈥� physical and spiritual. Their earliest experience was of living as slaves in biblical times, when each day was the same as the last. They instituted the Sabbath, an obligatory day of rest every seventh day. One of the prayers we use to welcome the Sabbath specifically states that it is in memory of the Exodus from Egypt, the escape from slavery.


So determined were they to ensure that this day of rest was observed by all, the biblical lawmakers introduced a series of draconian laws to protect the Sabbath. 听The grumpy God of the Old Testament demanded that anyone who worked on this day should be put to death 鈥� and there鈥檚 an extraordinary story in the book of Numbers where a man actually is stoned to death for collecting wood on the Sabbath.

Thankfully the same rules don鈥檛 apply to the observance of the Sabbath in our modern age, no matter what the Torah demands. Otherwise there wouldn鈥檛 be many Jews left. They don鈥檛 apply to this bank holiday either. It used to be a religious holiday 鈥� but in 1971 The Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, moved it to the last Monday in May. And so today we can shop and get stuck in traffic jams just like we could on any other day. Just like my enslaved biblical ancestors, all our days seem to have become the same, and perhaps we too have become slaves without realising. The fact that this holiday was moved for financial reasons should perhaps make us think鈥�


I think we owe it to ourselves to try to imbue our days of rest 鈥� whether they be religious or bank holidays 鈥� with a sense of spiritual quality that encourages us to rest and be refreshed as the biblical lawmakers would have wished. 听So 鈥� bank holiday slaves 鈥� break free!

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