{"id":1782,"date":"2007-12-20T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2007-12-20T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2007-12-20T14:31:46","modified_gmt":"2007-12-20T21:19:46","slug":"closing-your-website-for-the-sabbath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1782","title":{"rendered":"Closing Your Website For The Sabbath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shomershabes.com\/US\">Ilan emails<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Jewish website owner,<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the Shabbat on your website is now possible.  By using the &quot;Shomer Shabes&quot; system you can block access to parts of your website on Shabbat and Haggim, for example pages including donation links, products for sale or advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>The system is recommended by the chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yonah Metzger.  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