Shabbat
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- noun
- /ʃəˈbɑt/
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Shabat
- Rapturously, she describes the beauty of the Shabbat dinner that she and her friends in Jerusalem share every Friday night.
- Shabbat and holiday
Just just don't eat pork and don't work on Shabbat.
- Just just don't eat pork and don't work on Shabbat.
- I mean, it depends, you know, So we're actually meeting on Shabbat.
- I'm a person on YouTube right now, and I'm a person who's encouraging you to make part of your Saturday to show up for Shabbat.
- We observed Shabbat on the Friday night we went to an Asian spa and a bunch of the guys got Asian scrub, completely naked Asian scrubs.
- The ritual of Shabbat or the ritual of state or during Passover or the ritual of doing the gratitude modeani, gratitude prayer every morning.
- And Shalom, Shalom, Shabbat shammuch, shammuch and chicken.
Examples
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I'm free after Shabbat.
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Once I met Philip's criteria, we moved quickly to the next phase of the operation, which was spending Shabbat together.
Academic text (2010) -
And those of you, my friends, who will also share Shabbat dinner with us, I would ask of you one thing.
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Every Friday night, we have the best Shabbat dinner.
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You are gonna join us for Shabbat dinner.
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So we started to celebrate Shabbat about five years ago.
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I have been invited to a friend's home this Shabbat, so I need to buy a hostess gift.
Fiction book (1998) -
In honor of Shabbat, Zvi and Ofra are dressed head to toe in white.
Academic text (1996) -
I had to deal with very difficult people at weddings, bar mitzvahs, Shabbat dinners where I was cleaning up, setting up cooking, you name it.
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We always look forward to gathering with family for Shabbat dinner every Friday night.
Synonyms
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A weekly day for rest and religious activities, for example Saturday or Sunday
A Jewish day of rest and worship from Friday evening to Saturday night
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shabbat comes from the Hebrew word Shabbat, which means 'rest' or 'to stop'. So the name fits the Jewish day of rest from Friday evening to Saturday evening, when people pause work for family, prayer, and study.