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, 5 Sep. 2023
• Find a friend, go to a Shabbat dinner, or just talk to someone else who’s figuring it out too.
  — Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• And, thankfully, I haven’t been required to jump in on Shabbat yet.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• At home, my family lit candles and said blessings on Shabbat.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
• The woman of the house lights the Shabbat candles, ushering in the sacred day.
  — Mark Gerson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
• Residents have put up roadblocks to prevent cars from driving through on Shabbat.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• There will be an opportunity to see the campus and enjoy Shabbat sweets.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Food was and continues to be a central part of Sussman’s Shabbat practices.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
• And that’s exactly what Shabbat 4 Soldiers is designed to do.
  — Deborah Fineblum, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Taking pride in curating a Shabbat charcuterie spread for her friends on a Friday night.
  — Channing Smith, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
• 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
• This Shabbat, Rosen gave a short sermon on the importance of breathing freely, both for oneself and for others.
  — Yonat Shimron, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
• 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, 17 Mar. 2025
• As the sun began to set, protestors outside Chabad House went inside for Shabbat service.
  — Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2024
• However, the owner, knowing that the weekends are the busiest deli days, has decided to remain open and do business on Shabbat.
  — Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
• Based in Venice, Lox Club hosts regular events for its members such as weekly Shabbat dinners.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
• There’s the familiar Seder plate, menorah, and Shabbat candlesticks.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
• 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
• According to halacha, Shabbat begins a few minutes before sunset and lasts for 25 hours.
  — Dan Fellner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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, 22 Apr. 2025
• 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
• As a mother of six, Dahan is no stranger to preparing large Shabbat meals in her Sderot home, but until now had never cooked on a restaurant scale.
  — Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
• In the first episode, Joanne impulsively decides to walk into a Shabbat (Sabbath) service.
  — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• While there are a few common threads among all the Shabbat clubs in this story, like lighting candles and eating meals together, there are other elements that set each group apart.
  — Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• 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
• 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
• Around 20 worshippers sharing a meal to mark the Shabbat Jewish day of rest evacuated through a rear door and no one was injured, police said.
  — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
• 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