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Shabbat

[ Sephardic Hebrew shah-baht ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew ʃɑˈbɑt /

noun Hebrew.

Sabbath(def 1).

Example sentences from the Web for shabbat

There we have experienced weekly fires set by "activists," always on late Friday or on Shabbat.

Violence is the New Normal in Abu Tor |Rabbi Daniel Landes |July 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The rabbis who ruled that we can't use an electric switch on Shabbat already went too far.

I Don't Text on Shabbas |Gershom Gorenberg |June 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Nearly 2,000 years ago, in the Mishnah, rabbis puzzled out 39 activities that constitute work and are forbidden on Shabbat.

I Don't Text on Shabbas |Gershom Gorenberg |June 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Maybe, after his next Shabbat meal with his old friend Shmuley Boteach, he can suggest that they go and really see Hebron.

Cory Booker’s Rabbis |Peter Beinart |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

When our family travels to an unfamiliar place, we often go to the local Chabad for Shabbat.

Cory Booker’s Rabbis |Peter Beinart |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for shabbat

Shabbat

Shabbos or Shabbes (ˈʃɑːbəs)

/ (ʃɑːˈbɑːt) /

noun plural Shabbatot (ˌʃɑːbɑːˈtot), Shabbosos (ʃɑːˈbosəs) or Shabbosim (ʃɑːbosəm)

Judaism another word for the Sabbath

Word Origin for Shabbat

from Hebrew shabbāth; see Sabbath