shabbas

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A form of shabbat — The Jewish Sabbath, from sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday, commemorating God's rest on the seventh day in the book of Genesis.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

shabbas1

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Shabbas.

Shabbas2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Shabbat.

    She renewed contact with the rabbi and other orthodox patients in the hospital, went to all the religious services, and loved nothing so much as lighting the Shabbas candles.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
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    I'm saying, I see what you're getting at, Dude, he kept the money, but my point is, here we are, it's shabbas, the sabbath, which I'm allowed to break only if it's a matter of life and death—

    1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski, spoken by Walter Sobchak (John Goodman)
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Chicago

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