Notes on the Sabbath in Jerusalem

Jerusalem is located in Israel and is a world-recognized religious holy place. It is a holy place for Jews, Christians and Muslims. It attracts a large number of tourists every year. Due to complex religious issues, everyone You must pay attention to a few things when traveling. Here are some things to note about the Sabbath in Jerusalem.

When traveling to Israel, you should pay attention to your Sabbath itinerary. The Sabbath (the

Sabbath) is one of the main Jewish festivals. The word Sabbath originates from Akkadian and originally means "seven", and Hebrew means "rest" and "stop working". The seventh day of the week in the Jewish calendar (every Friday sunset to Saturday sunset). Jews keep the Sabbath as a holy day and are not allowed to work. On the Sabbath, Jewish attractions are closed and shops are closed, leaving it basically an empty city.

The Sabbath I encountered was from sunset on November 25 (Friday) to sunset on November 26 (Saturday), 2016.

The hotel I stayed in at that time was close to the station in the New City of Jerusalem. There were cars, buses, and light rails around. It was bustling with traffic and people on weekdays, but everything became quiet as the Sabbath approached.

Taken on the eve of the Sabbath in Jerusalem on November 25, 2016

The above photo is a screenshot of a short video I took, which is probably what it looked like before 4pm local time on Friday. The sun hasn't set yet, and all the cars and crowds downstairs have dispersed, and the light rail cars have stopped quietly on the track. Everything is very quiet, leaving only the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the cable-stayed bridge.

What a beautiful picture,

I stood alone in the room quietly in front of the window and watched, watching the sunset go down little by little, watching the sky. The colors gradually changed, from red to orange to gray-yellow until the afterglow of the sunset reflected on it. Slowly and slowly, the night came bit by bit.

Taken in Jerusalem on November 25, 2016 when the Sabbath comes

You can check the operating time of Light

Rail on the website itraveljerusalem.com, Sabbath /Holiday outage time is from 1.5 hours before sunset on Friday to 1 hour after sunset on Saturday.

The picture is from Jianshu App

The sunset time on November 25th and 26th was approximately: 4:26pm.

November 25th and 26th The sunset time at that time was approximately: 4:26pm.

The Sabbath is a traditional family day for the Jews. On the Sabbath, Jews do not work, do business, shop, travel, or cook all day long. You are also not allowed to write, turn on lights, press buttons, answer the phone, etc. You are not allowed to carry money or anything, and you are not allowed to take a car or use other public transportation to the synagogue. But they could hire non-Jews for these jobs.

This is my food, fruit and water for more than 20 hours, which I bought from the supermarket in advance:

On Saturday morning, the downstairs was still very quiet, with tourists walking around in twos and threes. , there were also Jews going to the synagogue, and there were a few taxis waiting there, but there was no public transportation at all.

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It was after 4 o'clock, at sunset, and it was still quiet downstairs, and the Jewish Sabbath passed quietly.

At around 6 p.m., the downstairs suddenly became lively, with cars moving, people coming out, and shops opening:

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The picture is from Jianshu App

At 8:00am the city became active again.