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Shabbat

[ Sephardic Hebrew shah-baht ]

noun

, Hebrew.


Shabbat

/ ʃɑːˈbɑːt; ˈʃɑːbəs /

noun

  1. Judaism another word for the Sabbath


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shabbat1

from Hebrew shabbāth; see Sabbath

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Example Sentences

There we have experienced weekly fires set by "activists," always on late Friday or on Shabbat.

And as a Shabbat-observant Jew, Gorenberg points out, he himself is grateful to have “a day in the week when everyone has a face.”

Then there are the Jews I've met who are very aware of Shabbat, but who tap their touchscreens.

The rabbis who ruled that we can't use an electric switch on Shabbat already went too far.

Some see this as personal weakness, and call themselves half-shomer shabbat; they can't stop texting.

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