Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Describe some of the different ways in which Shabbat is observed in Jewish homes and the synagogue.
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Mon Mar 15 2004
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
A) Describe some of the different ways in which Shabbat is observed in Jewish homes and the synagogue. Every week Jews have a day of rest known as the Sabbath. Jews usually call it Shabbas or Shabbat, coming from the Hebrew root Shin-Bet-Tav meaning to cease, to end or to rest. Shabbat begins at sunset on Friday evening and ends on Saturday night when the stars appear. Shabbat is the Hebrew name for the seventh day of the week. When God made the world he rested on the seventh day, "By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working." (Genesis 2: 2-3). The fourth of the Ten Commandments, sacred to both Jews and Christians, commands 'observe the Sabbath and keep...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 150,123 others
