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Shabbat

American

[shah-baht] / ʃɑˈbɑt /

noun

Hebrew.

Sabbath.

Shabbat British

/ ʃɑːˈbɑːt, ˈʃɑːbəs /

noun

Judaism another word for the Sabbath

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Etymology

Origin of Shabbat

from Hebrew shabbāth; see _Sabbath

Example Sentences

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"Ultimately the message I hope our community will take from this Shabbat is one of continued resilience."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Brad Cooper has had Shabbat dinner with Israel’s military leader Eyal Zamir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

She drove in a rainstorm to meet me for a Shabbat dinner.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Recently, I’ve been reading “24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week” by Tiffany Shlain, which chronicles her family’s decade-long practice of unplugging for Shabbat.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2026

I mean, she prayed at her bat mitzvah and she does the blessings at Shabbat dinner, but that is because she has to.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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