Definitions | Shabbat |
| proper noun
- 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.
- The cermonial Shabbat meal, in which candles are lit and bread and wine consumed.
- Please join us for Shabbat tonight.
Etymology: From Hebrew (shabbat), meaning to stop or rest.
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