Sabbath

<p>In <a href="/facts/Abrahamic_religions/y9z2Wf9q">Abrahamic religions</a>, the Sabbath  or <a href="/facts/Shabbat/pp5wb0JM">Shabbat</a> (<a href="/facts/Biblical_Hebrew_language/yCJ3bh30">Biblical Hebrew</a>: שַׁבָּת Hebrew pronunciation: [ʃa'bat]) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the <a href="/facts/Book_of_Exodus/7Mse01aP">Book of Exodus</a>, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day commanded by <a href="/facts/Yahweh/kIUcSQFb">Yahweh</a> to be kept as a <a href="/facts/Holiday/kM9E3s9q">holy day</a> of rest as God rested in the <a href="/facts/Genesis_creation_narrative/Fy0E2uD8">Genesis creation narrative</a>. <a href="/facts/Shabbat/pp5wb0JM">Shabbat</a> observance is commanded in the <a href="/facts/Ten_Commandments/ITBbgDuP">Ten Commandments</a>: "<a href="/facts/Remember_the_sabbath_day%2c_to_keep_it_holy/fhnLjEna">Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy</a>". The Sabbath might have been influenced by Babylonian mid-month rest days and lunar cycles, though its origins remain debated.
</p><p>A day of rest is observed in <a href="/facts/Judaism/tjQ5Tgs6">Judaism</a> (Shabbat), <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islam</a> (the day of <a href="/facts/Friday_prayer/jzK4BAl6">congregational prayer</a>), and <a href="/facts/Sabbath_in_Christianity/twa9Xhb1">by some Christians</a> (<a href="/facts/Sunday/lUmoQM0d">Sunday</a>). Observances similar to or descended from the Sabbath also exist in other religions. The term may be generally used to describe similar weekly observances in other religions.
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