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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: President Bartlet says Toby went to "shul", which is Yiddish for "synagogue".

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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: President Bartlet says Toby went to "shul", which is Yiddish for "synagogue"."synagogue".
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* AsTheGoodBookSays / LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title of the episode comes from the 4th commandment, which says to remember (or observe) and keep the Sabbath.

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* AsTheGoodBookSays / LiteraryAllusionTitle: AsTheGoodBookSays: The title of the episode comes from the 4th commandment, which says to remember (or observe) and keep the Sabbath.



** YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Leo's reaction at Sam telling him the reason (in not so many words) why Simon Cruz isn't dead yet despite the appeal having been denied – it's after sundown on Friday, and the federal government does not execute people on the Sabbath (technically, all ''three'' of them).

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** YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Leo's reaction at Sam telling him the reason (in not so many words) why Simon Cruz isn't dead yet despite the appeal having been denied -- it's after sundown on Friday, and the federal government does not execute people on the Sabbath (technically, all ''three'' of them).
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* {{Hotline}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] when Father Cavanaugh arrives in the Oval Office he asks where the red phone to the Kremlin is. Bartlet tells him there isn't one and if he wanted to talk to the Kremlin he'd ask Mrs. Landingham to arrange the call.

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* {{Hotline}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] when Father Cavanaugh arrives in the Oval Office he and asks where the red phone to the Kremlin is. Bartlet tells him there isn't one one, and if he wanted to talk to the Kremlin he'd ask Mrs. Landingham to arrange the call.
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* {{Hotline}}: AvertedTrope. When Father Cavanaugh arrives in the Oval Office he asks where the red phone to the Kremlin is. Bartlet tells him there isn't one and if he wanted to talk to the Kremlin he'd ask Mrs. Landingham to arrange the call.

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* {{Hotline}}: AvertedTrope. When [[AvertedTrope Averted]] when Father Cavanaugh arrives in the Oval Office he asks where the red phone to the Kremlin is. Bartlet tells him there isn't one and if he wanted to talk to the Kremlin he'd ask Mrs. Landingham to arrange the call.
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* HangoverSensitivity: Josh gets hit with this the morning after the bachelor party complete with slurring his words and asking everyone to speak ''very'' quietly.
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* DownerEnding: Simon Cruz is executed and Jed obviously regrets not staying the execution. The episode ends with him giving confession to Father Cavanagh.
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* InformedJudaism: It's a plot point that Toby is at temple on Saturday morning, and later consults with his Rabbi. Josh on the other hand is spending the Saturday morning hungover in his office and clearly had no intention of going to temple that day.


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* StagParty: Josh attended one and ends up incredibly hungover the next morning.
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-->'''Leo:''' Why Monday morning?
-->'''Sam:''' What do you mean?
-->'''Leo:''' The court denied the appeal. Why isn't he being executed at midnight tonight?
-->'''Sam:''' We don't execute people between sundown Friday and sundown Sunday.
-->'''Leo:''' Why?
-->'''Sam:''' Hard as it is to believe …
-->'''Leo:''' (blinks, figures it out for himself) [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You're kidding me.]]
-->'''Sam:''' (shakes his head) No.
-->'''Leo:''' ''[[LiteraryAllusionTitle We don't execute people on the Sabbath.]]''
-->'''Sam:''' No.
-->'''Leo:''' Well, that's about the most bizarre thing I've ever heard.
-->'''Sam:''' Leo, I think you're gonna find as you go through this weekend that there's virtually no part of this discussion that isn't bizarre.

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-->'''Leo:''' --->'''Leo:''' Why Monday morning?
-->'''Sam:'''
morning?\\
'''Sam:'''
What do you mean?
-->'''Leo:'''
mean?\\
'''Leo:'''
The court denied the appeal. Why isn't he being executed at midnight tonight?
-->'''Sam:'''
tonight?\\
'''Sam:'''
We don't execute people between sundown Friday and sundown Sunday.
-->'''Leo:''' Why?
-->'''Sam:'''
Sunday.\\
'''Leo:''' Why?\\
'''Sam:'''
Hard as it is to believe
-->'''Leo:''' (blinks,
…\\
'''Leo:''' (''blinks,
figures it out for himself) himself'') [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You're kidding me.]]
-->'''Sam:''' (shakes
]]\\
'''Sam:''' (''shakes
his head) No.
-->'''Leo:'''
head'') No.\\
'''Leo:'''
''[[LiteraryAllusionTitle We don't execute people on the Sabbath.]]''
-->'''Sam:''' No.
-->'''Leo:'''
]]''\\
'''Sam:''' No.\\
'''Leo:'''
Well, that's about the most bizarre thing I've ever heard.
-->'''Sam:'''
heard.\\
'''Sam:'''
Leo, I think you're gonna find as you go through this weekend that there's virtually no part of this discussion that isn't bizarre.

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