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Shabbat is a festive day when Jews exercise their freedom from the regular labours of everyday life. It offers an opportunity to contemplate the spiritual aspects of life and to spend time with family.
noun. sab· bat ˈsa-bət. often capitalized. 1. : witches' sabbath. 2. : any of eight neo-pagan religious festivals commemorating phases of the changing seasons. Examples of sabbat in a Sentence.
Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, also known as "Shabbos" or the " Sabbath ") is the Jewish day of rest and celebration that begins on Friday before sunset and ends on the following evening after nightfall. It is ushered in with (late afternoon) candlelighting, prayers, and feasting on braided bread and other delicacies.
Judaism. Jewish Shabbat ( Shabbath, Shabbes, Shobos, etc.) is a weekly day of rest, observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night. Thirty-nine activities prohibited on Shabbat are listed in Tractate Shabbat (Talmud).
Shabbat (שַׁבָּת; related to Hebrew verb "cease, rest") is the seventh day of the Jewish week and is the day of rest and abstention from work as commanded by God. Shabbat involves two interrelated commandments: to remember ( zachor) and to observe ( shamor ). - Origins in the Torah.
One constant theme in Shabbat observance across time and territory is the centrality of home life with family members and guests. Preparation for Shabbatbegins as early as mid-week in some households, and its arrival is marked by the spiritual illumination of a candle-lighting ceremony.
In Judaism there is one holiday that occurs every week -- the Sabbath. Known in Hebrew as Shabbat and in Yiddish as Shabbos, it begins at sundown on Friday and ends on Saturday evening with Havdalah, a short ceremony that separates Shabbat from the rest of the week.
