Shabbat (; , "rest" or "cessation") or
Shabbos (, ) (English:
Sabbath) is
Judaism's day of rest and seventh day of the
week, on which religious Jews and certain Christians (such as Seventh-day Adventists and Seventh-day Baptists) remember the Biblical
creation of the heavens and the earth in six days and
the Exodus of the Hebrews, and look forward to a future
Messianic Age. Shabbat observance entails refraining from
work activities, often with
great rigor, and engaging in restful activities to honor the day. Judaism's traditional position is that unbroken seventh-day Shabbat originated among the Jewish people, as their first and most sacred institution, though some suggest other origins. Variations upon Shabbat are widespread in Judaism and, with adaptations, throughout the
Abrahamic and many other
religions.