Shabbat

Shabbat (שבת shabbāṯ, "rest" in Hebrew, or Shabbos in Ashkenazic pronunciation), is the weekly day of rest in Judaism. It is observed, from before sundown on Friday until after nightfall on Saturday, by many Jewish people with varying degrees of involvement in Judaism. It is the source for the English term Sabbath, the Arabic day Sabt (السبت), and for concepts such as Sabbatical.

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The Hebrew word shabbat comes from the Hebrew verb shabat, which literally means "to cease", or shev which means "sit". Although shabbat or its anglicized version "Sabbath" is almost universally translated as "rest" or a "period of rest", a more literal translation would be "ceasing", with the implication of "ceasing from work". Thus, shabbat is the day of ceasing from work; while resting is implied, it is not a necessary connotation of the word itself.

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