You Keep Shabbat. Does Your Website?

For many observant Jewish business owners, closing the store before Shabbat is obvious.

The lights go off. The register closes. The phone stops. The office is locked. The business rests.

But there is one part of the business many people forget: the website.

A website can still look open to visitors on Friday night or during a Jewish holiday, even when the owner is not working and the physical business is closed.

A Digital Storefront Needs a Clear Sign

In the physical world, a closed door and a sign in the window make the message clear. Online, visitors often see the same homepage, menus, buttons, forms, and chat widgets they see all week.

Shabbat Unplugged gives the website a visitor-facing closure layer: a full-screen Shabbat or holiday message that appears above the site during the schedule chosen by the owner.

What the Widget Does

• Shows a respectful Shabbat or Jewish holiday screen to normal visitors.
• Keeps the original site content in the page instead of replacing it.
• Avoids 404 pages and noindex tags on the customer website.
• Returns the visitor to the normal site automatically after the closure ends.
• Works with business-location, visitor-location, or strict worldwide timing.

What It Does Not Claim to Do

The widget is not server-side access control. It does not take the website offline, disable payment processors, disable booking systems, disable third-party chat systems, or provide legal, privacy, accessibility, tax, rabbinic, or halachic advice.

That distinction matters. The product is a visitor-facing tool that helps communicate closure and block ordinary visitor interaction through the visible page layer. Site owners remain responsible for the systems, settings, laws, and religious guidance that apply to their own business.

A Modern Tool for an Ancient Rhythm

"Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it." — Exodus 20:8

In every generation, Jewish business owners have had to think about how Shabbat applies to the tools of their time. Today, part of that world is digital.

You keep Shabbat. Does your website clearly show that too?