Shabbas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“He’d be the first person to greet me when I walked in with a ‘Good Shabbas,’ ” Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers said of Cecil Rosenthal, whom he described as the unofficial “mayor” of the Tree of Life community, inviting a wave of tears and laughter that rippled over the audience.
From Washington Post
"The cemetery is a Jewish cemetery. It's closed on Shabbas, it's closed on all Jewish holidays and only Jewish clergy can officiate. There can only be Jewish symbols on the stones." says Stan Kaplan, the executive director of the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts.
From BBC
We are in the ante-room of a building which is known as the "Machazeke Hadass V'Shomrei Shabbas"—that is, "The Strengtheners of the Law and Guardians of the Sabbath."
From Project Gutenberg
Na' ca' zhat 'scration o' Shabbas?
From Project Gutenberg
Na' 'scration o' Shabbas?—then sh'like to ken wast ish.
From Project Gutenberg
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