Shabbat
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Shabbat or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing
Kiddush cup, Shabbat candles and challah cover
A silver matchbox holder for Shabbat from North Macedonia
A challah cover with Hebrew inscription
Two homemade whole-wheat challot covered by traditional embroidered Shabbat challah cover
Shabbos goy
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A Shabbos goy, Shabbat goy or Shabbes goy is a non-Jew who is employed by Jews to perform certain types of work that Jewish religious law prohibits a Jew from doing on the Shabbat.
Shabbat
…on Shabbat itself. Some Conservative authorities reject altogether the arguments for prohibiting the use of electricity. Some Orthodox also hire a "Shabbos goy", a non-Jew (who must not be regularly employed by the household in question) to perform prohibited tasks (like operating light switches) on Shabbat…
A car in Jerusalem with a sign in the window that reads "goy shel shabbat" in Hebrew