How to Use Shabbat in a Sentence

Shabbat

noun
  • Tell me a little about your background and your connection to Shabbat.
    — Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 2023-09-05
  • And, thankfully, I haven’t been required to jump in on Shabbat yet.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 2023-08-31
  • The woman of the house lights the Shabbat candles, ushering in the sacred day.
    — Mark Gerson, FOXNews.com, 2025-05-17
  • Residents have put up roadblocks to prevent cars from driving through on Shabbat.
    — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 2023-09-04
  • Food was and continues to be a central part of Sussman’s Shabbat practices.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2024-01-10
  • Taking pride in curating a Shabbat charcuterie spread for her friends on a Friday night.
    — Channing Smith, Glamour, 2023-08-23
  • 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, 2024-09-27
  • This Shabbat, Rosen gave a short sermon on the importance of breathing freely, both for oneself and for others.
    — Yonat Shimron, NPR, 2025-03-09
  • One of the restaurant’s special features is the Shabbat table in the second dining room, which can seat up to 20 diners.
    — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 2025-03-17
  • As the sun began to set, protestors outside Chabad House went inside for Shabbat service.
    — Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 2024-04-27
  • Based in Venice, Lox Club hosts regular events for its members such as weekly Shabbat dinners.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2024-10-15
  • His group, which does not support the Zionist movement, observed Passover and Shabbat at the encampment.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 2024-04-30
  • There’s the familiar Seder plate, menorah, and Shabbat candlesticks.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 2024-11-01
  • On a recent, humid August evening, the couple hosted a Shabbat dinner to put those hopes into practice.
    — Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 2023-09-20
  • 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, 2024-08-03
  • 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, 2024-05-09
  • One night while the couple was briefly out of the house for a Shabbat service, somebody wrapped chains around their bus and attempted to rip the bumper off, damaging the vehicle.
    — Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 2025-04-22
  • 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, 2024-04-22
  • In the first episode, Joanne impulsively decides to walk into a Shabbat (Sabbath) service.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 2024-09-26
  • 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, 2023-09-21
  • 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, 2023-08-20
  • Around 20 worshippers sharing a meal to mark Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, evacuated through a rear door and no one was injured, police said.
    — arkansasonline.com, 2025-07-06
  • Friday’s Shabbat dinner was focused on family, and was held in Villa d’Este’s Impero room.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2024-02-16
  • Demonstrators set up a symbolic Shabbat dinner table, placing 50 empty chairs to represent those who are still held in Gaza.
    — Alexander Cornwell, USA Today, 2025-07-04
  • On a frigid winter morning in 2022, a stranger knocked on the door of a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, during Shabbat service.
    — Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 2025-03-20
  • Weeks after he was kidnapped, residents of the town laid out an empty Shabbat table with 220 seats for Tenafly and the other Israelis held hostage.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 2024-10-06
  • 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, 2023-08-22
  • From offering more products and holding events, to even forming a nonprofit arm that would aid people who need a doctor or a Shabbat food delivery, Cohen and Kraim want to grow the business.
    — Iris Dorbian, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Its Shabbat services attract 30 to 40 people; between 200 to 300 come for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Sonya Meyerson-Knox, a spokesperson for the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace, which has opposed the war since 2023, said a member was uninvited to Shabbat family dinners because of differing opinions about the war.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025

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