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Piece Description
With the weekend comes Shabbat, or Shabbos: the Jewish day of rest. From sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, Jewish law forbids certain, specific kinds of "work" - simple things we often take for granted. Like writing and erasing... cutting and tearing... even turning the lights on and off.
Thus, Sabbath observers have spent many a Friday afternoon taping down light switches, stashing away pens and pencils - even pre-cutting their fingernails and pre-tearing their toilet paper. But in recent years, an industry has emerged which manages to merge modern convenience and this sacred time. Rebecca Sheir has more.
Broadcast History
A version of this story originally aired on Weekend America, 12/13/08.
Additional Credits
The original version of this story was edited by Ben Adair (Weekend America).
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