Shabbat

noun

: the Jewish Sabbath

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Additional public festival events in La Jolla are: • Ocean by the Sea Shabbat Dinner and film screenings: beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, March 21, at the JCC Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 While walking to synagogue one Shabbat morning, my son, who proudly wears his yarmulka, was assaulted by a passerby with antisemitic taunts. Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025 This Shabbat, Rosen gave a short sermon on the importance of breathing freely, both for oneself and for others. Yonat Shimron, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025 The shooter in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre in 2018 seemed to have been inspired by the conspiracy theory, and targeted the congregation for its support of a pro-immigrant Shabbat. Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Shabbat

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew shabbāth

First Known Use

circa 1905, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Shabbat was circa 1905

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“Shabbat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shabbat. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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