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Bookmark or Share- Shabbat - WikipediaShabbat is a festive day when Jews exercise their freedom from the regular labours of everyday life. It offers an opportunity to contemplate the spiritual aspects of life and to spend time with family.
- Sabbath - WikipediaIn Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath (/ ˈsæbəθ /) or Shabbat (from Hebrew שַׁבָּת [ʃa'bat]) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as God rested from creation. [1] .
- The Shabbat Laws - Chabad.orgFollowing is a brief summary of some of the Shabbat laws you are most likely to encounter. Let's start with some basic activities from which we refrain on Shabbat: Does all this mean that Shabbat is somewhat of a miserable affair, where we sit hungry in the dark? Not at all.
- Shabbat 101 - My Jewish LearningThe Sabbath (in Hebrew, Shabbat, pronounced shah-BAHT–or in some communities, Shabbos, “SHAH-bis”) may be Judaism’s most distinctive and characteristic practice, as well as one of its most pervasive and long-lasting gifts to Western civilization.
- What Is Shabbat? - The Jewish Day of Rest - Chabad.orgShabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, also known as "Shabbos" or the "Sabbath") is the Jewish day of rest and celebration that begins on Friday before sunset and ends on the following evening after nightfall. It is ushered in with (late afternoon) candlelighting, prayers, and feasting on braided bread and other delicacies.
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