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Shabbat (UK: / ʃ ə ˈ b æ t /, US: / ʃ ə ˈ b ɑː t /, or / ʃ ə ˈ b ʌ t /; Hebrew: שַׁבָּת , , lit. ' rest' or 'cessation ') or the Sabbath (/ ˈ s æ b ə θ /), also called Shabbos (UK: / ˈ ʃ æ b ə s /, US: / ˈ ʃ ɑː b ə s /) by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.
Grand Rabbi Judah Wolff Kornreich, the Shidlovtzer Rebbe, reciting Havdalah. Havdalah (Hebrew: הַבְדָּלָה, romanized: haḇdālā, lit. 'separation', Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אבדלתא, romanized: aḇdāltā) is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and ushers in the new week.
In Judaism, a person who is shomer Shabbat or shomer Shabbos (plural shomré Shabbat or shomrei Shabbos; Hebrew: שומר שבת, "Sabbath observer", sometimes more specifically, "Saturday Sabbath observer") is a person who observes the mitzvot (commandments) associated with Judaism's Shabbat, or Sabbath, which begins at dusk on Friday and ends after sunset on Saturday.
Some modern sects who are Sabbath keepers have suggested a Sabbath based on the New Moon [citation needed] citing Psalm 104:19 and Genesis 1:14 as a key prooftexts. Observers recognize the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th days of the month of the Hebrew Calendar as Sabbath days which should be observed. [20] They reject the 7 day week as non ...
Hebrew school can be either an educational regimen separate from secular education similar to the Christian Sunday school, education focusing on topics of Jewish history and learning the Hebrew language, or a primary, secondary or college level educational institution where some or all of the classes are taught in Hebrew.The first usage is more ...
Shabbat HaChodesh ("Sabbath [of the] month" שבת החודש) takes place on the Shabbat preceding the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan (or on the 1st of Nisan itself if it falls on Shabbat), during which Passover is celebrated. A special maftir, Exodus 12:1-20 (from Parashah Bo) is read, in which the laws of Passover are defined.
A bentcher, [a] birchon or birkon (pl. bentchers, birchonim, birkonim) is a booklet of prayers based around a particular event such as the Jewish sabbath. The most common form is Birkat Hamazon often titled סדר ברכת המזון - Seder Birkat Hamazon [1] (Order of Grace after Meals) in Hebrew. Some editions actually have the Birkat ...
Shalom Aleichem (Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם, 'Peace be upon you') is a traditional song sung by many Jews every Friday night upon returning home from synagogue prayer. It signals the arrival of the Shabbat , welcoming the angels who accompany a person home on the eve of the Shabbat.