What is the meaning of sidelocks?

: a lock of hair falling at the side of the face and often worn as a distinguishing mark especially by some Jews and by children in some cultures an old Jew … with a beard and sidelocks— Walter Sorell & Denver Lindley wearing the sidelock of youth.

Can you use your phone during Shabbat?

But the "Shabbat phone" is in a class of its own. Orthodox Jews do not make or receive phone calls on the Sabbath ("Shabbat" in Hebrew), as the activation of an electric appliance – so that a current is introduced to a device – violates rules against starting or completing a project on the day of rest.

Can you spend money on Shabbat?

Although the use of money on Shabbat is not directly forbidden in the Torah, its use has long been condemned by the sages. Money is the very matter of business, and conducting or even discussing business on Shabbat is a rabbinically prohibited act.

Can non Jews go to Shabbat?

Description. A shabbos goy is a non-Jew who performs certain activities which Jewish religious law (halakha) prohibits a Jew from doing on the Sabbath.