Paragraph On Shabbat

We visited the Synagogue on Shabbat to attend a combination of a mitzvah service and a regular Shabbat service. Shabbat is Hebrew for rest and on Saturdays Jews use this day of rest to praise god and reflect on their religion. Jews are forbidden from doing certain things on Shabbat, such as, cooking, driving, handling money, using the phone, turning on lights, and writing letters. As one can see Shabbat is quite restrictive, however, these laws are in place to ensure that Jews show proper reverence and attention to god as well as their religion. This day of rest is the same day as the Catholic church, however, in the Jewish Religion God took the day of rest on Saturday. While in the Catholic church it is believed that God rested on Sunday. The day of Shabbat is also known as the Sabbath, Jews abide by the restrictions of the Sabbath in order to better …show more content…
Jews say most of their prayers in Hebrew because it is the language of their ancestors. They believe that it was the language bestowed unto them by god and that saying prayers in this language adds to the holiness of Shabbat services. In addition, the Rabbis would lead songs in Hebrew, this is similar to the singing of the Gospel that takes place in the Catholic church. Although both religions include singing, the Church no longer conducts prayers or sings in Latin; while Jews almost exclusively speak in Hebrew on Shabbat. Also, throughout the service time would be taken out for silent prayer, this time is supposed to be used to reflect on oneself and how they can become a better person. In addition, all of the books in the temple were reversed, instead of being read from cover to back they were read from back to cover. The books are printed in this way so they stay consistent with the ways of Jewish ancestors. We noticed that Jews emphasize the past and make it a priority to instill traditional values and traditions on the younger