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sabbath means shabbat and shabbat means rest don't do anything just rest because in the story of god creating the world in 6 days he didn't he did it in 7 because in the 7th day he rested so Jew's rest to! your not even aloud to turn on a light switch so tut tut. it starts on the Friday when the sun goes down and ends on the Saturday when the sun goes down again.

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