Complete Definition of "Shabbat"

English

Etymology
From Hebrew ש�ת (shabbat), meaning to stop or rest.

Proper noun
Shabbat

  1. The Jewish Sabbath, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, commemorating God's rest on the seventh day in the book of Genesis.

#: I leave early on Fridays, as I don't work on Shabbat.

  1. The cermonial Shabbat meal, in which candles are lit and bread and wine consumed.

#: Please join us for Shabbat tonight.

Related terms
Sabbath

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