make Shabbat

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Pronunciations

make Shabbat (MAKE shah-BAHT) listen

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Example Sentences

  • "Making Shabbos was something I couldn’t seem to master. I’d plan to make chicken soup on Thursday morning before work only to wake up and see that I’d forgotten to defrost the chicken bones." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • partial calque of Y מאַכן שבת makhn shabes, lit. 'to make Shabbat'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      make Shabbos, make Shabbes

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