shabbat
Friday sundown observance
Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest, observed from Friday sunset to Saturday nightfall.
It commemorates the biblical seventh day when God rested from creation.
Observant Jews refrain from work, travel, and various activities prohibited by Jewish law, instead focusing on prayer, family meals, and rest: We light candles every shabbat. (Capitalized Shabbat is more common in formal or religious contexts.)
sunset
Day yielding to darkness
twilight · dusk · nightfall · Saturday · seventh · day · weekly · cycle
tranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- relaxationState of being unwound
repose · quietude · cessation · stillness · calmness · respite · rejuvenation · leisure · downtime · unwind
- Hebrew Wordsshalom, amen, hallelujah, chai, Adonai
- synagogueark, bimah, Torah scroll, Torah ark, aron kodesh
- Orthodox JudaismTorah study, yeshiva, kosher, Hasidic, halacha
- Jewish prayersKaddish, shacharit, morning prayers, evening prayers, afternoon prayers
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hebrew
- shabbat dinnerJewish Friday night meal
- Shabbat servicesJewish weekly religious gathering
- Shabbat mealsCeremonial Jewish weekly feasts
- Shabbat candlesRitual Friday evening lights