Shabbat – A Holy day
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Is our week supposed to be 7 days?
The Israelite week was established at the time of creation as a seven-day cycle. Today we take this for granted, but the idea that humans should organize and track their time around periods of seven days was not always universally accepted. Periods of six and ten-day weeks can be found in a number of ancient cultures. Moreover, in the Israelite/Jewish week, the days, instead of being named, are simply numbered. Only the seventh day is privileged to have its own name שַׁבָּת (Shabbat) - the Sabbath.
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How did the seventh day get the name “Sabbath”?
The word שַׁבָּת (Shabbat) comes from the story of creation in Genesis 2:1-3. It is said that on the seventh day God ceased/rested from all the work that he had done. The word for resting/ceasing that is used in Hebrew is "shabbat". God blessed that day and it has been a special day ever since. In Modern Hebrew, the word for “labor strike” is שְׁבִיתָה (shvita) and comes from the very same root.
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