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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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Khalil has spoken at length about befriending Jewish students at Columbia, attending Shabbat dinners and seeing Jewish students as “integral” during the protest movement on campus.

From Salon

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

From The Wall Street Journal

We’d go round to their house every Friday night for Shabbat dinner.

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

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