Shabbat

[shah-baht]

noun

Hebrew.

1. Sabbath.

Shabbat

/ ʃɑːˈbɑːt, ˈʃɑːbəs /

noun

1. Judaism another word for the Sabbath

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shabbat¹

from Hebrew shabbāth; see _Sabbath

Example Sentences

Eleanor initially makes the right choice, declining to participate, before making the wrong one, calling Nina and inviting her over when her own grandson doesn’t show up for Shabbat dinner.

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After Shabbat ended at sundown Saturday, Myers turned on his cellphone, where he found messages from Ferdman and Gross.

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Myers said that during Shabbat — the Jewish Sabbath, a time he does not use electronics — he had been pondering the issue.

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But save a few random guffaws, this whacked-out tale of a Jewish family’s Shabbat dinner that goes wildly off the rails may prompt more eye rolls and exasperated sighs than were surely on the menu.

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No reason has been given, although it may have something to do with the funeral taking place on Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath.

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