Shabbat
Sign in to saveShabbat (, , or ; , , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Friday–Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the creation of the heaven and earth in six days and the redemption from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt. Since the Jewish religious calendar counts days from sunset to sunset, Shabbat begins in the evening of what on the civil calendar is Friday.
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Shabbat is Judaism's holy day of rest observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening, during which religious Jews commemorate the creation of the world in six days and their people's liberation from slavery in Egypt. It holds deep spiritual significance in Jewish tradition as a day set apart for remembrance and rest, with the religious calendar marking its beginning at sunset rather than at midnight.
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27 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origins
- Babylon
- Egypt
- Hebrew Bible
- Status as a Jewish holy day
- Rituals
- Welcoming Shabbat
- Other rituals
- Ending Shabbat
- Prohibited activities
- Specific applications
- Electricity
- Automobiles
- Modifications
- Permissions
- Reform and Reconstructionist views
- Encouraged activities
- Special Shabbat
- In other religions
- Christianity
- Samaritans
- Islam
- Lunar Sabbath
- See also
- External links
- References
Shabbat (, , or ; , , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Friday–Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the creation of the heaven and earth in six days and the redemption from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt. Since the Jewish religious calendar counts days from sunset to sunset, Shabbat begins in the evening of what on the civil calendar is Friday.
Shabbat observance entails refraining from work activities, and engaging in restful activities to honor the day. Judaism's traditional position is that the unbroken seventh-day Shabbat originated among the Jewish people, as their first and most sacred institution. Variations upon Shabbat are widespread in Judaism and, with adaptations, throughout the Abrahamic and many other religions.