Please define "this point of history " with a time frame in order to answer question.
Answer:
It was considered a holy day of rest. So nobody tried to do anything strenuous or <em>real</em> work.
Some jews don’t believe in reformation because it brought humiliation and suffering and an additional burden because of catholic counter reformation claims that they were responsible for its “judaizing” tendencies
B I actually had this same question so it should be right