In Judaism, a person who is shomer Shabbat or shomer Shabbos (plural shomré Shabbat or shomrei Shabbos; Hebrew: שומר שבת, "Sabbath observer", sometimes more specifically, "Saturday Sabbath observer") is a person who observes the mitzvot (commandments) associated with Judaism's Shabbat, or Sabbath, which begins at dusk on Friday and ends after sunset on Saturday.
Under Jewish law (halakhah), the person who is shomer Shabbat is expected to conform to the prohibitions against certain forms of melacha—creative acts. The observant Jew does not cook, spend money, write, operate electrical devices, or carry out other activities prohibited on Shabbat. In addition, a variety of positive Sabbath commandments are expected to be fulfilled, such as Sabbath meals, rituals, prayers, kindness, benignity, rest and—for married couples—sexual intercourse on Friday night.[1]
In contemporary Orthodox Judaism, the shomer Shabbat person would typically strive to follow all the rules associated with the Sabbath. Within the "liberal" movements of Judaism, the phrase may signify a person who takes seriously the observance of the "core" mitzvot.
The shomer Shabbat is an archetype mentioned in Jewish songs (e.g., Baruch El Elyon) and the intended audience for various treatises on Jewish law and practice for the Sabbath day (e.g., Shmirat Shabbat ke-Hilkhata). In 2000, the media took note that the candidate for U.S. Vice President, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, was shomer Shabbat.[2]
^Rabbi Hyim Shafer (2008). The Everything Jewish Wedding Book: Mazel tov!. ISBN 978-1440501661. .. each Friday night is also a special mitzvah for wife and husband to ...
^Judith Shulevitz. "Former Toronto rabbi says Lieberman has found a way to observe the laws of Orthodox Judaism throughout his entire political career." Toronto Star. August 12, 2000
In Judaism, a person who is shomerShabbat or shomer Shabbos (plural shomré Shabbat or shomrei Shabbos; Hebrew: שומר שבת, "Sabbath observer", sometimes...
rabbis for various reasons. The term shomerShabbat is used for a person (or organization) who adheres to Shabbat laws consistently. The (strict) observance...
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origin affiliation. Many of them (and their offspring) define themselves as Shomer Masoret (or Masorti), even if some or part of their lifestyle's customs...
other Jewish laws, must be observed. Kosher supermarkets are typically ShomerShabbat, being closed from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night, as...
to uphold the observance of Pas Yisroel – is defined as one who is ShomerShabbat. This is regardless of affiliation. An example of this encompassing...
mikveh before a kosher beth din, comprising three Jewish males who are shomerShabbat. There is also a requirement to accept the Jewish commandments (although...
temperature. Ethiopian Jews who are ShomerShabbat cannot perform buna, the traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony, during Shabbat. Buna requires lighting a fire...
Babylonian Talmud (Megillah 23b) derives the requirement of a minyan of ten shomerShabbat for Kiddush Hashem and Devarim she-Bikdusha, "matters of sanctity",...
signifies recognition of the importance of Shabbat in the event or program. List of Jewish youth organizations ShomerShabbat "What is a Shabbaton?". v t e...
century, the dish was a comfort food of Ashkenazim typically served on Shabbat and Jewish Holidays. In the 20th and into the 21st centuries, its popularity...
Sabbath-observant (shomerShabbat), being Torah-observant (shomer mitzvot), and personally fulfilling the laws of kashrut (shomer kashrut). According...
camp, Kufeld was cut. If Kufeld had been signed to an NBA roster, as a shomerShabbat Jew, he would not have been able to travel, practice, or play in games...
(c. 1650 – 1696) wrote works of rabbinic literature, including Sefer ShomerShabbat and books on the 613 Mitzvot, bris milah, the Shulchan Aruch, the Book...
to life the following day. On weekdays, this prayer ends with the words Shomer Amo Yisrael L'Ad. This is seen as appropriate for weekdays, when men go...
person from the time of death until burial. A male guardian is called a shomer (שומר), and a female guardian is a shomeret (שומרת). Shomrim (plural,...
practices. Several kept kosher, while others did not, and only some were shomerShabbat. Nonetheless, all Kibbutz households maintained kosher (dairy) dishes...
centers. Swiss Shomer members having made aliya can be encountered e.g. in Lehavot Habashan and Magen. As of 2009[update] the Shomer was the largest...
AOJS members and their contact information; a ShomerShabbat Residency Directory listing all ShomerShabbat Residencies in the U.S. 1948-1959 Eli Levine...
she needs a roommate she cannot decide if she should ask for someone ShomerShabbat and Kashrut or not. When Yifat decides she wants to move back in with...
sensually. A person who refrains from touching the opposite sex is said to be "shomer negiah". Any touching but especially in an affectionate manner ("b'derech...
Naomi Idan. They have two sons together, born in 2021 and 2023. He is ShomerShabbat. Spiro, Amy (February 14, 2018). "'Shababnikim': Television's bad boys...
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