shabbat
Hebrewthe weekly Jewish Sabbath, sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday
The weekly day of rest, from sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday. What observance looks like varies a lot by denomination, from full halachic observance to a Friday night dinner with candles, but the day itself is shared across all of them.
In the wild
"hundreds of secular counter-protesters, including Democrats party leader Yair Golan, formed human chains and chanted 'Shabbat belongs to all of us.'" (Shabbat edition, Aug 14, 2026)
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