Sabbatai Zvi

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Example Sentences

  • "Aided by the Commentary of R. David, the Shulhan Aruch shone forward as a beacon of light to the remnants of devastated Polish Jewry emerging from the ruins of the Chmielnicki pogroms. It shed light in the esoteric confusion caused by the Pseudo—Messianic movement of Sabbatai Zvi and pointed for future generations, to a perplexed mankind, the straight path to God~s Holy Mountain." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).

      Alternative Spellings

      Sabatai Zvi, Shabtsi Tsvi, Shabbatsi Zui, Shabtsi Zvi, Sabbatai Zevi

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