Shabbas

See also: shabbas

English

Proper noun

Shabbas

1. Alternative form of Shabbat
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     She renewed contact with the rabbi and other orthodox patients in the hospital, went to all the religious services, and loved nothing so much as lighting the Shabbas candles.

   • 1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski‎^[1], spoken by Walter Sobchak (John Goodman):

     I'm saying, I see what you're getting at, Dude, he kept the money, but my point is, here we are, it's shabbas, the sabbath, which I'm allowed to break only if it's a matter of life and death—