Sabbath is not a religion. However, the Sabbath (Friday evening to Saturday evening) is part of the Jewish religion.
The Torah establishes the Sabbath with commandments to keep the Sabbath day, to remember the Sabbath day, and constraining what may be done on the Sabbath. And, in the Jewish liturgy that emerged from this framework, the Sabbath morning service includes a Torah reading where, traditionally, about 1/52 of the Torah is read, so that over the course of the year, every Jew who attends Sabbath services on a regular basis will hear (and, we hope, learn from) the entire Torah.
They met to pray, read the Torah, and learn Torah. Not just to "talk."The reason they did this (and still do) is because many people work during the week and don't have much time to learn Torah, except on the Sabbath.
No. Sabbath is a Jewish festival that occurs on every Saturday. The teacher of the Torah was Moses.
Electric devices are not mentioned in the Torah, but it's part of the 39 prohibited tasks.
Praying to God, keeping Kosher, not doing forbidden forms of work on the Sabbath, and learning Torah.
Because it's a mitzva (meritorious Torah-precept) to enjoy the Sabbath.
Torah-observant Jews don't play any outdoor sports on the Sabbath.
Jewish life, until not long ago, was saturated with its religion. Daily prayers, blessings, mitzvoth (Torah commands), customs and Torah-study took up a large part of their waking hours.
Probably, although there was controversy about healing a man on the Sabbath when he was alive.
1) Reading of Psalms and blessings in Hebrew 2) The silent part of the prayer 3) The Torah-reading 4) Another silent prayer Note: The following answer concerns the meal, not the services.1. Lighting candles 2. Blessing wine 3. Breaking challah (bread)
Judaism is the faith where the Torah is.