shomer Shabbat

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Pronunciations

shomer Shabbat (shoh-MER shah-BAHT) listen
shomer Shabbos (SHOH-mer SHAH-bihs) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "I didn't know that Beth's father is shomer shabbat." (Glinert)

  • "Do you run any safaris for shomrey shabbat?" (Glinert)

  • "He won't go swimming in a pool if women are there, too. He's shomer Shabbat." (JPS)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת‎ shomér shabbát 'Shabbat-observant' > Y שומר־שבת shóymer-shábes

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      shomer Shabbos, shomer Shabbes, shomer Shabos, shomer Shabes

Notes

  • plural: 'shomrey Shabbat' or 'shomrey Shabbos'

    "The phrase is often used to indicate whether someone is considered religiously observant altogether: The observance of [Shabbat] is more tangible, as well as more indicative of Orthodoxy, than many other practices." (Glinert)

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