Shabbat

Shabbat is Over

 

Shabbat is Over

During Shabbat, it is forbidden to do any “melacha” (a type of labor whose meaning will be explained later), until Shabbat is over, in accordance with the time which appears on the calendar. 

After Shabbat is over, one says: “Baruch hamavdil beyn kodesh le’chol” – “Blessed are You Who separates between the sacred and the mundane,| and then may do such labor. 

Through this prayer, we show that Shabbat, by means of its sanctity, is unlike the ordinary days of the week.