Please see the related link for the list of prohibited activities.
The one most important thing is not doing any of the 39 prohibited forms of work.
Electric devices are not mentioned in the Torah, but it's part of the 39 prohibited tasks.
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The Sabbath is in the Torah, and its details are discussed in the Talmud. In the Torah: Genesis ch.2, Exodus ch.20, Exodus 31:13-17, Leviticus ch.23, and several other passages. In the Talmud, there's an entire volume called "Shabbat," the second-longest Talmud-volume, with 24 chapters. The 39 forms of work which are prohibited on the Sabbath are listed in the Talmud, Shabbat 73b.
(in no particular order) Not working (39 categories of work) Three Sabbath festive meals Kiddush blessing over wine Havdalah blessings at the end of Sabbath Torah-reading Prayers Singing at the meals Lighting candles before the Sabbath begins Clean and nice clothes Bathing before Sabbath someone please add 2 more
I read there were over 1,500 rules on Sabbath. Can someone validate this number? another answer the Yerushalmi (Talmud) says that each of the 39 forbidden categories of work has at least 39 detailed rules. 39 x 39=1521.
In the UK, a Sabbath Goy.
# Jews do not use electricity on the Sabbath(TVs, cars, etc). # Jews do not cook on the Sabbath. # Jews do not write on the Sabbath.
Anything but a list of 39 prohibited acts. In the Talmud, tractate Shabbat, 12:1 it summarizes the spirit of the law as "one who does work on Shabbat and the work is enduring has violated shabbat." So, recreation, eating, worship, argument, all those are OK, but don't make things, plant things, harvest things, carry things (outside of your private domain), light fires, or put out fires (except to save a life). Saving someone's life on Shabbat is, of course, permitted even if it takes work.
Not even nudists are against sewing, although it would be prohibited on the Sabbath for Jews.
They are prohibited from coining their own money, and from making treaties with foreign powers.
They avoided hard labor on the Sabbath day, the Sabbath generally means day of rest so they did other things like shop.