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The word Shabbat derives from the Hebrew root ש־ב־ת. Although frequently translated as "rest" (noun or verb), another accurate translation is "ceasing [from work]." [4] The notion of active cessation from labour is also regarded [by whom?] as more consistent with an omnipotent God's activity on the seventh day of creation according to Genesis.
Shabbat: 24 139 157 113 Eruvin: 10 96 105 71 Pesachim: 10 89 121 86 Shekalim: 8 52 22 (Talmud Yerushalmi) 61 Yoma: 8 61 88 57 Sukkah: 5 53 56 33 Beitza: 5 42 40 49 Rosh Hashanah: 4 35 35 27 Ta'anit: 4 34 31 31 Megillah: 4 33 32 41 Mo'ed Katan: 3 24 29 23 Chagigah: 3 23 27 28 Seder Nashim 7 masechtot 71 578 605 418 Yevamot: 16 128 122 88 Ketubot ...
Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, lit."Sabbath") is the first tractate of Seder Moed ("Order of Appointed Times") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.The tractate deals with the laws and practices regarding observing the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat in Hebrew).
The term shabbaton (Hebrew: שבתון) may be translated into English to mean sabbatical. The concept of a sabbatical year ( shmita ) has a source in several places in the Bible (e.g. Leviticus 25), where there is a commandment to desist from working the fields in the seventh year.
Hebrew script Translation Pronunciation Language Explanation Shalom: שָׁלוֹם Hello, goodbye, peace Hebrew A Hebrew greeting, based on the root for "completeness". Literally meaning "peace", shalom is used for both hello and goodbye. [6] A cognate with the Arabic-language salaam. Shalom aleichem: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם
The Hebrew word for meal is seudah, with the plural version being seudos or seudot, thus the Friday night and Saturday day meals are often called seudot or seudos. The third meal, held on Saturday afternoon is called either shalosh seudos , seudah shlishit , or shaleshudus .
A weekly gathering of family and friends is a connective force in Israel today.
An observant Jew is a Jewish person who is shomer Shabbat or shomer Shabbos (plural shomré Shabbat or shomrei Shabbos; Hebrew: שומר שבת, "Sabbath observer", sometimes more specifically, "Saturday Sabbath observer"), i.e. a person who observes the mitzvot (commandments) associated with Judaism's Shabbat, or Sabbath, which begins at dusk on Friday and ends after sunset on Saturday.