How to Use Shabbat in a Sentence

Shabbat

noun

• This is understood to be a rare move by an Israeli prime minister, as Shabbat is a day of rest for Jews.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
• In the first episode, Joanne impulsively decides to walk into a Shabbat (Sabbath) service.
  — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• And, thankfully, I haven’t been required to jump in on Shabbat yet.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• Blue tarps and blankets were put down in the middle of the lawn for Islamic prayers and a Passover Seder and a Shabbat service.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
• The day of the assault was both Shabbat and Simchat Torah, the last of a series of important holidays in the fall.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
• Tell me a little about your background and your connection to Shabbat.
  — Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2023
• Within its first month, 85 households have kept Shabbat for the first time, and more Shabbat first-timers are being matched with more soldiers each week.
  — Deborah Fineblum, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Food was and continues to be a central part of Sussman’s Shabbat practices.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
• His group, which does not support the Zionist movement, observed Passover and Shabbat at the encampment.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
• And that’s exactly what Shabbat 4 Soldiers is designed to do.
  — Deborah Fineblum, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• There will be an opportunity to see the campus and enjoy Shabbat sweets.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• As the sun began to set, protestors outside Chabad House went inside for Shabbat service.
  — Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2024
• Taking pride in curating a Shabbat charcuterie spread for her friends on a Friday night.
  — Channing Smith, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
• Residents have put up roadblocks to prevent cars from driving through on Shabbat.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• On a recent, humid August evening, the couple hosted a Shabbat dinner to put those hopes into practice.
  — Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• And there's a commandment that's read on the Shabbat before Purim to eradicate Amalek and every generation.
  — Deena Prichep, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
• But Jewish cuisine has always had to be adaptable, because of the kosher laws, prohibitions against cooking during Shabbat, and so on.
  — Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 21 Sep. 2023
• The model means four congregations will no longer have to meet in scattered, improvised quarters — at least not every Shabbat.
  — Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
• Encampments have hosted Shabbat dinners and Passover seders.
  — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2024
• On Friday night, Burg went to Shabbat services with 10 or so young adults who also grew up in the Reform movement, including children of rabbis and temple youth group leaders.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
• Friday’s Shabbat dinner was focused on family, and was held in Villa d’Este’s Impero room.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
• Jews weren't required to follow specific theological rules, such as those laid out for Shabbat and other more Holy Days.
  — Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 20 Aug. 2023
• An Israeli undergraduate, she was gathered with friends who had just returned from Shabbat services with their kippot clipped in place.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
• That evening, the Israeli student planned to say a blessing at Shabbat 1000, an annual celebration hosted by Harvard Chabad.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• For most, the answer lay in studying the Torah and, generally, the Hebrew Scriptures, and in the observance of halacha, or religious laws, including those governing Shabbat and the kosher diet.
  — James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
• Others were bothered their evening programs and Friday Shabbat service would move to a different location.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• The event featured empty seats at a Shabbat table representing the 240 people taken hostage by Hamas, the organization said.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• Classmates’ birthday parties were no longer all on Saturdays during Shabbat.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• Nearly every pot that Guetta, 34, stirred on her stovetop in preparation for her family’s Shabbat dinner that evening simmered with something fragrant and red.
  — Leah Koenig, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2023
• Asher starts to believe he really is cursed, the rare character to recite Shabbat prayers and also experience backyard stigmata.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024