the ear hear. Rav Ada bar Ahabah taught that the Torah thus obligates women to sanctify the Sabbath (by reciting or hearing the Kiddush, even though women are generally not bound to observe such positive precepts that depend on specified times). For Scripture says both "Remember" and "Observe," and all who are included in the exhortation "Observe" are included in the exhortation "Remember." And women, since they are included in "Observe" (which the Rabbis interpret as a negative commandment that binds all Jews), are also included in "Remember." The Gemara reports that on the eve of the Sabbath before sunset, Rabbi Simeon ben Yochai and his son saw an old man running with two bundles of myrtle and asked him what they were for. The old man explained that they were to bring a sweet smell to his house in honor of the Sabbath. Rabbi Simeon ben Yochai asked whether one bundle would not be enough. The old man replied that one bundle was for “Remember” in (20:8 in NJPS) and one was for “Observe” in (5:12 in NJPS). Rabbi Simeon ben Yochai told his son to mark how precious the commandments are to Israel. A Midrash deduced from similarities in the language of the creation of humanity and the Sabbath commandment that God gave Adam the precept of the Sabbath. Reading the report of God's creating Adam in , “And He put him (, vayanihehu) into the Garden of Eden,” the Midrash taught that “And He put him (, vayanihehu)” means that God gave Adam the precept of the Sabbath, for the Sabbath commandment uses a similar word in (20:11 in the NJPS), “And rested (, vayanach) on the seventh day.” continues, “to till it (, le’avedah),” and the Sabbath commandment uses a similar word in (20:9 in the NJPS), “Six days shall you labor (, ta’avod).” And continues, “And to keep it (, ule-shamerah),” and the Sabbath commandment uses a similar word in (5:12 in the NJPS), “Keep (, shamor) the Sabbath day.” Rav Judah taught in Rav's name that the words of (5:12 in the NJPS), “Observe the Sabbath day . . . as the Lord your God commanded you” (in which Moses used the past tense for the word “commanded,” indicating that God had commanded the Israelites to observe the Sabbath before the revelation at Mount Sinai) indicate that God commanded the Israelites to observe the