Shabbat

The answer completely depends on the Reform Jew you are talking about. Orthodox Jews follow all of the laws (no driving, cooking, etc) and some Reform Jews do the exact same thing.

In the Torah, Shabbat is meant for a rest day with no driving, use of electronics, use of arts & crafts, etc. But sadly not many Jews now-a-days follow this rule. Shabbat is also for going to Synagogue and praying to God.

Observant Jews prepare all the food for the Sabbath on Friday before sunset, then store it for sabbath consumption. Judaism forbids initiating cooking on the Sabbath, but using the Sabbath Cooking mode, you can use the oven to keep food hot from Friday to Saturday. Also, it shuts off the light that turns on when you open the oven, as Judaism also forbids initiating or ending an electric current on the Sabbath.

(if male over the year of three) then we would wear a cap called a Yarmaka and we wear a undershirt with strings on it. Females just wear long sleeve shirts with long dresses. VERY MODEST

Jews eat what they eat during Shabbat because it's often what was the traditional foods from where their families came from. Religiously observant Jews won't cook food during Shabbat because that involves forms of work (lighting fire, cutting, etc) that are prohibited during Shabbat. This does not mean that hot food can't be eaten, things like slow cookers are used to prepare warm meals for lunch during Shabbat.

There is no Biblical reason, but it is a custom, as a symbol to 'remember' the significance of Shabbat, and to 'keep' the laws of Shabbat, which are two things the Torah tells us to do on the seventh day of each week.

Havdalah marks the end of Shabbos (Sabbath). It consists of saying a blessing over a cup of wine, a blessing over the smelling of spices (many people use powdered cinnamon), a blessing over the gift of fire (a braided candle is traditionally used), and a final blessing for the departure of the Shabbos, after which some of the wine should be drunk (two ounces or more).

There is no such commandment.

The reason for this notion is a tradition that started with the commandment "Keep Holy the Sabbath Day."

It was interpreted to mean that people should not labor gainfully on the Sabbath. Sunday is, however, not the Sabbath. The fact that Sunday is the holy day of the week is a Christian tradition.

Religiously observant Jews will never eat non-kosher foods, regardless of which day of the week it is. Less observant Jews will make a point to eat kosher food during Shabbat. Non-observant Jews usually don't pay any attention to whether or not the food they are eating is kosher.

Traditional Jews do not work on Shabbat (the sabbath). Orthodox Jews define work by the following 39 activities:

1 Planting

2 Plowing

3 Reaping

4 Binding sheaves

5 Threshing

6 Winnowing

7 Selecting

8 Grinding

9 Sifting

10 Kneading

11 Baking

12 Shearing wool

13 Washing wool (Scouring/Laundering)

14 Beating/Combing wool

15 Dyeing

16 Spinning

17 Weaving

18 Making two loops

19 Weaving at least two threads

20 Separating two threads

21 Tying

22 Untying

23 Sewing

24 Tearing for the purpose of sewing

25 Trapping

26 Slaughtering

27 Flaying

28 Curing hide

29 Scraping hide

30 Scoring

31 Cutting hide into pieces

32 Writing

33 Erasing

34 Building

35 Tearing something down

36 Extinguishing a fire

37 Igniting a fire

38 Applying the finishing touch

39 Transferring between domains

Yes, food can be warmed during Shabbat. It can't be cooked from raw though.

Jesus Christ DID NOT abolish Shabbat! He said..."I came to fulfill the Law".

Jews do not call the sabbat "Saturday", it is called 'Shabbat'. Shabbat happens to start Friday at sundown and ends Saturday at sundown, the 7th day of the week.

There are lots of things Jews can't do but here are 5 things

- They can't work

- Can't kindle a fire

- Can't use electronic things

- Can't destroy things

- Can't create things

The Bible says that you cannot work nor cause anyone else to work. You may take this to extremes, but my family goes to the beach or just play games at home. This does not mean you can't make a sandwich or if there is an emergency you cant go to the hospital. Just use common sense. I am allowed to do things on saturday nights but not during the day to keep the sabbath day holy.

Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, shabbāt; Yiddish שבת, shabbos; "rest" or "cessation") is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from sundown Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky Saturday night. The exact time, therefore, differs from week to week and from place to place, depending on the time of sunset at each location. Shabbatrecalls the Biblical Creation account in Genesis, describing God creating the heavens and the earth in six days, and resting on and sanctifying the seventh (Genesis 1:1-2:3).

Prayers - Evening - Mariv for the begining of Shabbat, morning - Shacharit, additional, Musaff and Mincha - miday are said from the Siddur - prayer book.

Shacharit starts with preliminary prayers on rising the first being Modei Ani - giving thanks for restoring one's soul, washing the hands for sanctification and rolls through prayers of praise for G-d, the pre-amble to the Shema - the proclimation of G-d being one, the silent prayer - the Amidah - were eighteen individual prayers are said in silence to G-d, the verbal repetition, the reading of the weekly portion of the Torah and the concluding prayers. Additional prayers are said for healing of the sick, deliverance from danger, a new life and for mourners - Kadish.

The others are more limited repetitions of the same things.

The Sabbath was made for two reasons; the first was so that man might have rest and the second so that man would be reminded of his God and that he would have something to show to himself his obedience and love to God.

The Sabbath itself is not a thing to be honoured it is only the God that commanded that is important, so if God removes that commandment, then it is no longer important.

With an short service called "Hav-da-lah" that begins at sundown on Saturday. Wine is blessed, a special spice box is blessed and passed around for all to smell, and a three-wicked candle is blessed and then finally put out by dipping it in the cup of wine. When the candle goes out, Shabbat is officially over.

Shabbat is not started by people. It starts at sundown on Friday evening. Women in Jewish tradition "make Shabbat" by making the home clean and baking special bread called Challah and lighting candles before sundown (18 minutes before sundown is the most auspicious time to light the candles) and saying a blessing and thanks. The men have prayers to say and they usually bless the wine.

Jewish people observe their Sabbath as a day of rest because it is written in scripture to do so: "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy" (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12).

The reason for this commandment is that God wants His people to rest or cease from their normal work schedules.

Not at all. A personal wish for peace is always in order, prized and appreciated.

The people of the Hebrew faiyh celebrate the sabbath on Saturday , Muslims on Friday and Christians on Sunday. It is an awesome thing in Jerusalem to see differant store owners closed on their sabbath.