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Shabbat Shabbat (, , or ; , , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazi Hebrew, Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the seven-day week, week—i.e., Friday prayer, Friday–Saturday. On this day, religious Jews ...

Sabbaths

, Judaism's day of rest * Motza'ei Shabbat, the night after Shabbat * Special Shabbat, a day with special significance, including Shabbat Shuvah, Shirah, Shekalim, Zachor, Parah, HaChodesh, HaGadol, Chazon, Nachamu, Mevarchim, Chol HaMoed, Chol Hamoed Pesach, and Chol Hamoed Sukkot * Ten Days of Repentance, including Shabbat Shuvah * The Nine Days, including Shabbat Chazon *

Chol HaMoed ''Chol HaMoed'' (), a Hebrew phrase meaning "mundane of the festival", refers to the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot. As the name implies, these days mix features of ''chol'' (mundane) and ''moed'' (festival). On Passover, ''Chol HaMoe ...

, including Shabbat Chol HaMoed, Chol Hamoed Pesach, and Chol Hamoed Sukkot * Shabbaton (Sabbatical), extra-celebratory Shabbat *

Shmita The sabbath year (''shmita''; , literally "release"), also called the sabbatical year or ''shǝvi'it'' (, literally "seventh"), or "Sabbath of The Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Lan ...

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Jubilee (biblical) The Jubilee ( ''yōḇel;'' Yiddish: ''yoyvl'') is the year that follows the passage of seven "weeks of years" (seven cycles of sabbatical years, or 49 total years). This fiftieth year deals largely with land, property, and property rights. Acc ...

Shabbat law

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Activities prohibited on Shabbat The 39 ''Melakhot'' (, '' lamed-tet avot melakhah'', "39 categories of work") are thirty-nine categories of activity which Jewish law identifies as prohibited by biblical law on Shabbat. These activities are also prohibited on the Jewish holidays ...

Rabbinically prohibited activities of Shabbat In Jewish religious law (halakha), Jews are commanded to rest on Shabbat, and refrain from performing certain types of work. Some of the activities are considered to be prohibited by biblical law (the 39 Melachot), while others became prohibited la ...

* Conservative halakha * Driving on Shabbat * Electricity on Shabbat *

Eruv An ''eruv'' (; , , also transliterated as ''eiruv'' or ''erub'', plural: ''eruvin'' or ''eruvim'') is a ritual ''halakhic'' enclosure made for the purpose of allowing activities which are normally Activities prohibited on Shabbat, prohibited ...

, a boundary used on Shabbat * Eve of Passover on Shabbat *

Sabbath desecration Sabbath desecration is the failure to observe the Biblical Sabbath and is usually considered a sin and a breach of a holy day in relation to either the Jewish ''Shabbat'' (Friday sunset to Saturday nightfall), the Sabbath in seventh-day church ...

Shabbat technology

:Shabbat innovations * Shabbat clock * Shabbat elevator *

Shabbat lamp A Shabbat lamp is a special lamp that has movable parts to expose or block out its light so it can be turned "on" or "off" while its power physically remains on. This enables the lamp's light to be controlled by those Shabbat observant Jews who ...

* Shabbat microphone *

Sabbath mode Sabbath mode, also known as Shabbos mode (Ashkenazi pronunciation) or Shabbat mode, is a feature in many modern home appliances, including ovens, dishwashers, and refrigerators, which is intended to allow the appliances to be used (subject to vario ...

* Shabbat module

Shabbat observances

Amidah The ''Amidah'' (, ''Tefilat HaAmidah'', 'The Standing Prayer'), also called the ''Shemoneh Esreh'' ( 'eighteen'), is the central prayer of Jewish liturgy. Observant Jews recite the ''Amidah'' during each of the three services prayed on week ...

Havdalah Havdalah (, ) is a Judaism, Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and ushers in the new week. The ritual involves lighting a special candle with several wicks, blessing a cup of wine, and smelling sweet spices (). Shab ...

, Shabbat closing service observed at Motzei Shabbat * Jewish prayer services on Shabbat *

Maariv ''Maariv'' or ''Maʿariv'' (, ), also known as ''Arvit'', or ''Arbit'' (, ), is a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or at night. It consists primarily of the evening '' Shema'' and ''Amidah''. The service will often begin with two ...

, Shabbat evening prayer *

Pesukei dezimra ''Pesukei dezimra'' (; Rabbinic Hebrew: ''pasuqẽ hazzǝmiroṯ'' "Verses of songs"), or ''zemirot'' as they are called by the Spanish and Portuguese Jews, are a group of prayers that may be recited during Shacharit (the morning set of prayers ...

Shabbat candles Shabbat candles () are candles lit on Friday evening before sunset to usher in the Jewish Sabbath. Lighting Shabbat candles is a rabbinically mandated law. Candle-lighting is traditionally done by the woman of the household, but every Jew is o ...

, lit on Preparation Day evening prior to sunset *

Shalom ''Shalom'' ( ''šālōm'') is a Hebrew word meaning ''peace'' and can be used idiomatically to mean ''hello'' and ''goodbye''. As it does in English, it can refer to either peace between two entities (especially between a person and God or b ...

, a Hebrew greeting on Shabbat *

Torah reading Torah reading (; ') is a Jewish religious tradition that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Torah scroll. The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the scroll (or scrolls) from the Torah ark, chanting the ap ...

Weekly Torah portion The weekly Torah portion refers to a lectionary custom in Judaism in which a portion of the Torah (or Pentateuch) is read during Jewish prayer services on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. The full name, ''Parashat HaShavua'' (), is popularly abbre ...

** :Weekly Torah readings * Yotzer ohr *

Zemirot Zemirot or Z'miros ( ''zǝmîrôt'', singular: zimrah but often called by the masculine zemer) are Jewish hymns, usually sung in the Hebrew or Aramaic languages, but sometimes also in Yiddish or Ladino during Shabbat and to some extent the Jewis ...

, Shabbat songs

Shabbat food

* Shabbat meals ** Seudah Shlishit, third Shabbat meal * * Cholent *

Jewish cuisine Jewish cuisine refers to the worldwide cooking traditions of the Jewish people. During its evolution over the course of many centuries, it has been shaped by Jewish dietary laws (''kashrut''), Jewish festivals and holidays, and traditions cen ...

** Cuisine of the Mizrahi Jews ** Cuisine of the Sephardic Jews *

Kiddush Kiddush (; ), , is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays. Additionally, the word refers to a small repast held on Shabbat or festival mornings after the prayer services and before the meal. S ...

, Shabbat blessing over wine *

Manna Manna (, ; ), sometimes or archaically spelled Mahna or Mana, is described in the Bible and the Quran as an edible substance that God in Abrahamic religions, God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year ...

* Sabbath food preparation

Shabbat people

Shabbos goy A ''Shabbos goy'', ''Shabbat goy'' or ''Shabbes goy'' (, ''shabbos goy''; , ''goy shel shabbat''; plural ''Shabbos goyim'') is a gentile, non-Jew who is employed by Jews to perform certain types of work (''39 melachot, melakha'') that Jewish religi ...

, non-Jew who performs activities permitted to him on the Jewish Shabbat * Shabtai (given name) * Shomer Shabbat, Shabbat-observant Jew *

Sons of Zadok The Sons of Zadok () or Zadokites is a lineage of priests (kohen, kohanim) descended from Zadok that is described in the prophecies of Ezekiel. Zadok himself was the first High Priest of Israel, high priest in Solomon's Temple (10th century BCE) ...

Shabbat history

* Black Shabbat or Operation Agatha, a British police operation beginning Shabbat, June 29, 1946 * Kikar HaShabbat, an intersection in Jerusalem noted for Shabbat demonstrations * Oyneg Shabbos, a Jewish ghetto documentary group active 1939-1943

Shabbat writings

Shabbat (Talmud) Shabbat (, lit. "Sabbath") is the first tractate of '' Seder Moed'' ("Order of Appointed Times") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. The tractate deals with the laws and practices regarding observing the Jewish Sabbath (''Shabbat'' in Hebrew). Th ...

, a tractate of the Talmud * '' Shabbat B'Shabbato'', a weekly leaflet * '' Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah'', a 20th-century work on the laws of Shabbat and Yom Tov *

Siddur A siddur ( ''sīddūr'', ; plural siddurim ) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. The word comes from the Hebrew root , meaning 'order.' Other terms for prayer books are ''tefillot'' () among Sephardi Jews, ''tef ...

, a prayerbook for daily or weekly use

Shabbat categories

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Hebrew calendar The Hebrew calendar (), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as '' yahrze ...

* Jewish greetings *

Jewish holidays Jewish holidays, also known as Jewish festivals or ''Yamim Tovim'' (, or singular , in transliterated Hebrew []), are holidays observed by Jews throughout the Hebrew calendar.This article focuses on practices of mainstream Rabbinic Judaism. ...

* Jewish symbolism * Judaism * List of Jewish prayers and blessings