the Sabbath
noun
: a weekly day of rest and solemn worship that is observed on Sunday by most Christians and on Saturday (from Friday evening to Saturday evening) by Jews and some Christians
Our family keeps/observes the Sabbath and.
We are careful not to break the Sabbath.
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After Trump doubled down on his demands for the two sides to come to an agreement in the final days of the Biden administration, Witkoff held an urgent meeting with Netanyahu last Saturday, notably the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Shapiro learned of the shooting during the Sabbath break, when a staffer made a rare interruption at his home to alert him to the news.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Katie Ledecky’s Gold Medal Mind-Set Bidens Border Crackdown Could Disproportionately Affect Families
Israeli news outlets break the quiet of the Sabbath to cover the release of four hostages.
—New York Times, 8 June 2024
This would entail following hundreds of mitzvot, or commandments, including extensive kosher dietary laws, prohibitions of work and travel on the Sabbath, and many more obscure rules, such as eschewing garments that contain both linen and wool.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Shapiro learned of the shooting during the Sabbath break, when a staffer made a rare interruption at his home to alert him to the news.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Katie Ledecky’s Gold Medal Mind-Set Bidens Border Crackdown Could Disproportionately Affect Families
Israeli news outlets break the quiet of the Sabbath to cover the release of four hostages.
—New York Times, 8 June 2024
This would entail following hundreds of mitzvot, or commandments, including extensive kosher dietary laws, prohibitions of work and travel on the Sabbath, and many more obscure rules, such as eschewing garments that contain both linen and wool.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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“The Sabbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Sabbath. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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