Kabbalat Shabbat

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Pronunciations

Kabbalat Shabbat (kah-bah-LAHT shah-BAHT) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Special prayers and songs included as part of Friday evening services to welcome in Shabbat.

  • n. The entire Friday evening Shabbat service.

Example Sentences

  • "Are you going to Kabbalat Shabbat this Friday night?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • קבלת שבת, lit. 'receiving of the Sabbath; opening Friday evening service of the Sabbath'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

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

      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

      Kabalat Shabbat

Notes

  • While technically "kabbalat Shabbat" refers to the first portion of the Friday night service, the common usage refers to the entire Shabbat service.

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