Shabbat (שבת shabbāṯ, "rest" in Hebrew, or Shabbos in Ashkenazic pronunciation), is the weekly day of rest in Judaism. It is observed, from before sundown on Friday until after nightfall on Saturday, by many Jewish people with varying degrees of involvement in Judaism. It is the source for the English term Sabbath, the Arabic day Sabt (السبت), and for concepts such as Sabbatical. Shabbat - Etymology. The Hebrew word shabbat comes from the Hebrew verb s ...

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• Shabbat - Etymology
• Shabbat - Definition
• Shabbat - Status as a holy day
• Shabbat - Observance
• Shabbat - Mandatory activities
• Shabbat - Prohibited activities
• Shabbat - The 39 activities
• Shabbat - Status of prohibitions
• Shabbat - Delineations
• Shabbat - Legal workarounds
• Shabbat - Permitted activities
• Shabbat - Adaptation by other religions
• Shabbat - Recommended reading

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Shabbat, Shabbat - Etymology, Shabbat - Definition, Shabbat - Status as a holy day, Shabbat - Observance, Shabbat - Mandatory activities, Shabbat - Prohibited activities, Shabbat - The 39 activities, Shabbat - Status of prohibitions, Shabbat - Delineations, Shabbat - Legal workarounds, Shabbat - Permitted activities, Shabbat - Adaptation by other religions, Shabbat - Recommended reading

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Shabbat is a day of celebration as well as one of prayer. Three sumptuous meals are eaten each Shabbat after synagogue services conclude: on Friday night, Saturday around noon, and late Saturday afternoon before the conclusion of the Shabbat. More Jews attempt to attend Shabbat services at a synagogue during Shabbat, even if they would not normally do so on weekdays. With the exception of Yom Kippur (because it is not a mournful day and is in fact a great holiday), days of public fasting are postponed or advanced for a day if t ...

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Shabbat, Shabbat - Etymology, Shabbat - Definition, Shabbat - Status as a holy day, Shabbat - Observance, Shabbat - Mandatory activities, Shabbat - Prohibited activities, Shabbat - The 39 activities, Shabbat - Status of prohibitions, Shabbat - Delineations, Shabbat - Legal workarounds, Shabbat - Permitted activities, Shabbat - Adaptation by other religions, Shabbat - Recommended reading

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Jewish law prohibits doing any form of melachah ("work", plural "melachot") on Shabbat. Melachah does not closely correspond to the English definition of the term "work", nor does it correspond to the definition of the term as used in physics. Rather, it refers to the 39 categories of activity that the Talmud prohibits Jews from engaging in on Shabbat; they are exegetically derived (based on juxtaposition of corresponding Biblical passages) from the kinds of work that were necessary for the construction of the Tabernacle. Many ...

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Shabbat, Shabbat - Etymology, Shabbat - Definition, Shabbat - Status as a holy day, Shabbat - Observance, Shabbat - Mandatory activities, Shabbat - Prohibited activities, Shabbat - The 39 activities, Shabbat - Status of prohibitions, Shabbat - Delineations, Shabbat - Legal workarounds, Shabbat - Permitted activities, Shabbat - Adaptation by other religions, Shabbat - Recommended reading

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Sabbatarianism can refer to either: The practice of observing the time between Friday's sunset to Saturday's sunset as the Sabbath (which happens to be Judaism's Shabbat as well). By this definition, religious (usually Orthodox) Jews, Seventh-day Adventists, certain Church of God organizations derived from the Adventists, and Seventh Day Baptists are "sabbatarians". Strict observance of the Sabbath on Sunday. By this definition some conservative Christians are "sabbatarians". Some very liberal Reform Jews observe ...

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Zemirot (singular zemirah) are Jewish hymns, usually sung in the Hebrew or Aramaic languages, but sometimes also in Yiddish or Ladino. The best known zemirot are those sung around the table during on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. Some of the Sabbath zemirot are specific to certain times of the day, such those sung for the Friday evening meal, the Saturday noon meal, and the third Sabbath meal just before sundown on Saturday afternoon. In some editions of the Jewish prayerbook (siddur), the words to these hymns ...

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Kiddush (Hebrew: קידוש, literally, "sanctification") is the act of sanctifying the Jewish Shabbat or a Jewish holiday through the act of reciting a blessing over a cup of wine or grape juice. The ceremony of kiddush before the night meal on both Shabbat and Jewish holidays is mandated by the Torah; the recital of kiddush at the morning meal on Shabbat and holidays is mandated by the Rabbis of the Great Assembly. Kiddush is not typically recited at the third meal ("Seudat Shlishit") on Shabbat, although ...

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• Kiddush - Practice
• Kiddush - Friday night kiddush
• Kiddush - Shabbat morning kiddush
• Kiddush - Holiday night kiddush
• Kiddush - Holiday morning kiddush
• Kiddush - Kiddush reception
• Kiddush - Reference

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Ekadasi is the eleventh lunar day (Tithi) of the shukla (bright) or krishna (dark) paksha (fortnight) respectively, of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar (Panchang). In Hinduism and Jainism, it is considered spiritually beneficial day. Scriptures recommend to observe an (ideally waterless) fast from sunset on the day prior to ekadasi until 48 minutes after sunrise on the day following ekadasi. Ekadasi - Meaning of Ekadasi. Ekadasi is a Sanskrit word, which means 'the eleventh'. It refers to the ...

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• Ekadasi - Meaning of Ekadasi
• Ekadasi - Astronomy and astrology
• Ekadasi - The Sun
• Ekadasi - The Moon
• Ekadasi - Mind
• Ekadasi - Body

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Jewish services are the communal prayer recitations which form part of the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book. Jewish men are required to pray three times daily and four times daily on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays (five times on Yom Kippur). While prayer alone is valid, praying with a minyan (quorum of ten adult males) is considered ideal. Many synagogues (particularly Reform and Conservative, and large Orthodox ones ...

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• Jewish services - The prayers and their origins
• Jewish services - Backgrounds
• Jewish services - Text and language
• Jewish services - Quorum
• Jewish services - Concentration
• Jewish services - Weekday prayer services
• Jewish services - Shacharit: morning prayers
• Jewish services - Mincha: afternoon prayers
• Jewish services - Ma'ariv or Arvit: evening prayers
• Jewish services - Shabbat services
• Jewish services - Friday night services
• Jewish services - Saturday morning: Shacharit
• Jewish services - Saturday morning additional service: Musaf
• Jewish services - Saturday afternoon: Mincha
• Jewish services - Saturday evening: Maariv
• Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot
• Jewish services - Related customs
• Jewish services - Guide on etiquette for visitors

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A week is a unit of time longer than a day and shorter than a month. In most modern calendars, including the Gregorian calendar, the week is a period of seven days, making it the longest conventionally used time unit that contains a fixed number of days. Although having no direct astronomical basis, it is widely used as a unit of time. Weeks can be thought of as forming an independent continuous calendar running in parallel with various other calendars. However, some calendars have been designed so that a given date occurs on t ...

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• Week - Origin of the seven-day week
• Week - Later use of the week
• Week - Facts and figures
• Week - Bibliography

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A Jewish holiday or Jewish Festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as holy or secular commemorations of important events in Jewish history. In Hebrew, Jewish holidays and festivals, depending on their nature, may be called Yom Tov ("good day") or chag ("festival") or ta'nit ("fast"). Outside of a Jewish context, all Jewish holidays appear to be "religious holidays" but that is not actually the case. It is important to understand that Judaism is so old that it is simultaneously a religion ...

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• Jewish holiday - Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year
• Jewish holiday - Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance
• Jewish holiday - Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
• Jewish holiday - Sukkot - Festival of Booths
• Jewish holiday - Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - Rejoicing with the Law
• Jewish holiday - Hanukkah - Festival of Lights
• Jewish holiday - Tu Bishvat - New year of the trees
• Jewish holiday - Purim - Festival of Lots
• Jewish holiday - New Year for Kings
• Jewish holiday - Pesach - Passover
• Jewish holiday - Sefirah - Counting of the Omer
• Jewish holiday - Lag Ba'omer
• Jewish holiday - New Israeli/Jewish national holidays
• Jewish holiday - Yom Ha'Shoah - Holocaust Remembrance day
• Jewish holiday - Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day
• Jewish holiday - Yom Ha'atzma'ut - Israel Independence Day
• Jewish holiday - Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day
• Jewish holiday - Shavuot - Pentecost
• Jewish holiday - The Three Weeks and the Nine Days
• Jewish holiday - Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av
• Jewish holiday - Tithe of animals
• Jewish holiday - Rosh Chodesh - the New Month
• Jewish holiday - Shabbat - The Sabbath יום השבת
• Jewish holiday - Variances in observances

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A bekishe is a long coat, usually made of black silk or polyester worn by Chassidic Jews. While some only wear them on special occasions, such as Shabbat and other Jewish holidays, others wear it every day having the belief that every moment is a special occasion, because at every moment one has to be constantly prepared for prayer, Torah study, etc. There are two Bekishe types. The "Zaidena" or silk Bekishe (pictured here) is solid colored, and is usually worn for Friday and Saturday morning prayers. For Shabbat meals, the patterned (less expensive) polyest ...

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Challah (חלה) or hallah, Barches (German and western Yiddish), Barkis (Göteborg), Bergis (Stockholm), khala (Russian), khale (eastern Yiddish) is a traditional Jewish bread eaten on Shabbat and Jewish holidays (except Passover, when leavened bread is not allowed). The association of challah with Judaism is most prevalent in the United States. Challah and similar rich brioche-like breads (often braided) are also traditional in many other co ...

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Cholent (from Eastern Yiddish טשאָלנט tsholnt) or shalet (from Western Yiddish שאלעט shalet) is a stew-like dish that simmers over a very low flame or inside a slow oven or crock pot for many hours before serving. It is traditionally served hot at the Shabbat morning meal in Orthodox Jewish homes. It is also prepared as a side dish for Jewish wedding, bar mitzvah and Kiddush receptions in religious communi ...

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• Cholent - Reference
• Cholent - External link

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The weekend is a part of the week lasting one or two days in which most paid workers do not work. This is a time for leisure and recreation, and/or for religious activities. In Christian countries the weekend typically covers Saturday and Sunday, while in Muslim countries it is Friday and Saturday, or Thursday and Friday. In Israel the weekend is typically Friday afternoon and Saturday. The notion of a weekly rest is ancient. The Jewish Sabbath, known as Shabbat, is from sunset Friday to nighttime ...

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• Weekend - Economic impacts

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39 categories of activity, 39 melachot, or lamed tet avot melachot, that the Talmud prohibits Jews from engaging in on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath which commences every Friday at dusk until about 24 hours later on Saturday after nightfall.) In Judaism, the day commences at dusk (evening) and ends when that day concludes with its own dusk. Many religious scholars have pointed out that these labors have something in common -- they prohibit any activity that is creative, or that exercises cont ...

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• 39 categories of activity - Origins of the 39 categories from the Torah
• 39 categories of activity - The 39 activities
• 39 categories of activity - What are they?

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In the Wiccan form of neopaganism, a Sabbat is one of the eight major seasonal festivals which make up the Wheel of the Year. These include the solstices and equinoxes, and four additional festivals sometimes referred to as the "cross-quarter days". The word derives from Old English "sabat", from Old French "sabbat", from Latin "sabbatum", from Greek "sabbaton" (or sa`baton), from Hebrew "shabbat" - to cease or rest - the same roots as "Sabbath (christian)" or "Shabbat (judaism)". See also "sabbath". The word appears in the wri ...

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• Sabbat neopaganism - Cross-quarter points on the Gregorian and astrological calendars

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The Amidah ("Standing"), also called the Shemoneh Esreh ("The Eighteen"), is the central prayer in the Jewish liturgy that observant Jews recite each morning, afternoon, and evening. It is also part of the additional ( Musaf) service, which is held after the morning Torah reading every Shabbat and on Biblical holidays. As the prayer par excellence, it is sometimes designated as simply "Tefillah" (prayer) and consists of a series of blessings, originally 18 in number for daily worship, hence "Shemoneh Esreh." The n ...

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• Amidah - Prayers in the weekday Amidah
• Amidah - Concluding Benedictions
• Amidah - Changes to the Amidah
• Amidah - Ancient changes
• Amidah - Modern changes
• Amidah - Shorter form used on the Sabbath
• Amidah - Mode of prayer
• Amidah - Changes in winter
• Amidah - Linguistic sources
• Amidah - Biblical sources
• Amidah - Apocrypha of Ben Sira
• Amidah - History of the Amidah
• Amidah - Edited by Gamaliel II.

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Jewish services - Friday night services. Shabbat services begin on Friday evening with the weekday Mincha (see above), followed in some communities by the Song of Songs, and then in most communities by the Kabbalat Shabbat, the mystical prelude to Shabbat services composed by 17th century Kabbalists. This Hebrew term literally means "Receiving the Sabbath". It is, except for amongst many Italkim and Western Sephardim, composed of six psalms, 95 to 99, and 29, representing the six week-days. Next com ...

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Jewish services, Jewish services - The prayers and their origins, Jewish services - Backgrounds, Jewish services - Text and language, Jewish services - Quorum, Jewish services - Concentration, Jewish services - Weekday prayer services, Jewish services - Shacharit: morning prayers, Jewish services - Mincha: afternoon prayers, Jewish services - Ma'ariv or Arvit: evening prayers, Jewish services - Shabbat services, Jewish services - Friday night services, Jewish services - Saturday morning: Shacharit, Jewish services - Saturday morning additional service: Musaf, Jewish services - Saturday afternoon: Mincha, Jewish services - Saturday evening: Maariv, Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot, Jewish services - Related customs, Jewish services - Guide on etiquette for visitors

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Since the Shabbat morning kiddush is Rabbinically rather than Biblically mandated, it has a lesser status than the Friday-night kiddush. In order to elevate its importance, it is euphemistically referred to as "Kiddusha Rabba"—קידושא רבא—"The Great Kiddush." This kiddush, too, is preceded by Biblical verses, although not all the verses are said by all families. English translation: And the Children of Israel shall observe the Shabbat, establishing the Shabbat througho ...

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Kiddush, Kiddush - Practice, Kiddush - Friday night kiddush, Kiddush - Shabbat morning kiddush, Kiddush - Holiday night kiddush, Kiddush - Holiday morning kiddush, Kiddush - Kiddush reception, Kiddush - Reference

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