The Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and ends at sunset on Saturday.
Hebrew calendar days begin and end at sunset so the Sabbath begins at sunset Friday and ends at sunset Saturday - includes the night portion of Friday and the daylight portion of Saturday. This follows the Creation account of Genesis 1.
The sabbath begins at sundown on Friday and ends at sundown on Saturday.
Shabbat (Hebrew for 'Sabbath') begins slightly before sunset on Friday afternoon, and ends after twilight on Saturday night.
Days begin and end from sunset to sunset just as the Creation account in Genesis notes. So the Sabbath began on sunset May 1st and ended sunset May 2nd - our Friday night and Saturday day.
The Sabbath begins Friday at Sundown, and ends on Saturday at Sundown. This is true for all practicing Jews, not just Orthodox Jews.
In Judaism, based on Genesis ch.1 and Leviticus 23:32, all days including the Sabbath last from sunset to sunset. In actual practice, we begin our Shabbat a short time before sunset (on Friday) and end it after twilight on Saturday. This is done for several reasons and is a little longer than the actual Biblical day of Sabbath.
The coming Rosh Hashana will begin at sunset on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, and ends when the Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday, September 10.
Every Friday afternoon at sundown.
Firstly, in this question there is a misunderstanding of the 'day' of the Jewish Sabbath. Saturday is commonly believed among non-Jews to be the Sabbath. This is incorrect. The Jewish days begin at sundown. The Jewish Sabbath begins at the start of the seventh day of the week. Therefore, the Jewish Sabbath begins Friday at sundown and continues until one hour after sundown on Saturday. If one lives in a city where the sun sets at 3 p.m. on Friday, then the Sabbath begins at 3 p.m. on Friday and continues until 4 p.m. Saturday. If the sun sets at noon on Friday...; etc. Now, to answer the question. Jewish people cannot use a phone (to receive a call or to make a call) on the Sabbath. Once the Sabbath has passed, yes, a Jew can use the phone.
Jesus kept the Sabbath established in Genesis 2:2-3 referred to as a 'rest' and is kept likewise by all in both the Old and New Testament. This is traditionally the 7th day which most calendars today still reflect it to be Saturday. It was the Genesis custom for a day to begin at sunset and end the following sunset, therefore, the Sabbath Jesus kept was sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. He called Himself: "The Lord of the Sabbath" (see Luke 6:5, etals).
The Sabbath ends when you go back to work. Sounds simplistic, but it is true.In Exodus 20:11 the Torah says "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."So when that 24 hour period is completed, you are to back to work on the first of the next 6 days until the seventh, when you are to rest again in the Lord. The cycle is to continue as long as you breathe air.Jewish AnswerShabbat ends when the first three stars of the evening sky appear. There is a beautiful service that is held at sundown on Saturday night where Jews say goodbye to Shabbat and welcome in the new week. The service is called Havdalah.
From sunset on Friday evening to sundown Saturday night is considered the Sabbath (Shabbat) for the Jewish people. On Friday at sunset, at least two candles are lit and blessed to welcome in the Shabbat. Traditionally, this is a role of women in Judaism. During Shabbat, there are three meals eaten: One on Friday evening, two on Saturday. At the first two of these meals, challah (the twisted bread) is blessed and eaten. The meals don't begin without two loaves of bread. Any whole loaf of bread can be used, but it is tradional for most Jews to use challah.