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The Shabbat day ends after dark on a Saturday night, and is typically closed by a ceremony called Havdalah. The word Havdalah means "division" or "separation", and "divides" the holy day of Shabbat from the new week. It is conducted by speaking blessings over a cup of wine, and often includes spices with a nice smell, and a candle with many wicks. Once the Havdalah ceremony is over, people begin attending their regular weekly activites again.

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The shabbat comes with many restrictions such as, writing, erasing, and tearing, business transactions, driving or riding in vehicles, shopping, using the telephone, turning on or off anything which uses electricity, cooking, baking or kindling a fire, gardening, and doing laundry. This may seem like a day people would resent. However, many people grew up with these restrictions and think of them as just something that they do without question.

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"Observe the Sabbath day to sactify it" (Deuteronomy 5:12).

The second commandment of the Shabbat is to observe (shamor). By observing the Shabbat, this means they are prohibited from doing "work", also known as "melachah". There are 39 categories of forbidden acts, such as plowing, shearing wool, salting meat, and extinguishing a fire. They also prohibited tools such as pencils, hammers, or a match that would be used in any tasks frowned upon during the Shabbat. By restraining the ability to work on the Shabbat days, the Jews are able to dedicate more time to observing the Shabbat.

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The traditional dish of the Shabbat is the challah which is a sweet bradied bread. A prayer is said over the challah and the wine sanctifying it. Another mean that is normally eaten is a cholent. A cholent is a slow cooked stew.

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Evening services (Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv) should be attended in the synagogue or performed in the home between candle lighting and dinner on the evening of the Sabbath.

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Candles should be lit no later than 18 minutes before sundown. At least two candles should be lit, representing the dual commandments to remember and to keep the sabbath. The candles are lit by the woman of the household. After lighting, she waves her hands over the candles, welcoming in the sabbath. Then she covers her eyes, so as not to see the candles before reciting the blessing, and recites the Shabbat blessing. She then removes her hands from her face, and she looks at the candles, completing the mitzvah of lighting the candles.

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One of the important commandments of contributing in the Sabbath is to remember (zakhor). There is more to zakhor than remembering to perform the Shabbat; it is to remember the significance of it, as a commemoration of both creation, and freedom from slavery in Egypt. Exodus 2:11 states: "Because for the six days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and on the seventh day, he rested." Resting on the seventh day is a reminder that Jews are free, and acknoledges that the Lord is the creator of heaven, earth, and all living things.

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The Shabbat is the center of the Jewish life. According to the Talmud, the Shabbat is just as important to all the other commandments. The Shabbat happens every Friday evening and Saturday .

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"Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe

who has sanctified us with His commandments and command us

to light the lights of Shabbat. (Amen)"

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The Shabbat, also known as the Sabbath, is a day of religious observance and abstinence from work which usually takes place from a Friday evening to a Saturday evening. The Shabbat is also referred to as the Lord's Day, or the "day of rest".

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The table should be set with at least two candles, a glass of wine, and at least two loafs of challah. The challah loaves should be whole, and they should be covered with a bread cover, towel or napkin.

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The Holy Ark is where the Torah Scrolls are kept.  This Ark is the holiest place in the Synagogue. The ark is placed in front of the Synagouge. Most arks are facing the Holy Temple of Jersualem.  The curtain that covers the ark, called the Parochet, symbolizes the curtain that was once at the Holy Temple. The ark is only opened during special prayers and during prayer services.