Shabbat

(also: shabbes; shabbas) Shabbat or sabbath is the day of rest, the seventh day, recalling the Biblical creation narrative in which God rested from the labors of creation on the seventh day. In the Jewish tradition, the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday and runs through sundown on Saturday. For observant Jews it is a day of family and communal worship, study, and rest from labor, following the commandment found in Exodus (Shmot) 20:8-10. “Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work.” Christians observe the sabbath or the “Lord’s Day” on Sunday.