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- proper noun Alternative form of
Shabbat .
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Examples
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Though if you aren't already using them as Shabbas candles, I'm not sure what you'd want with a half gross.
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I have had Shabbat envy since meeting a strict Shabbas observer over 10 years ago.
Tanya Schevitz: Ben Greenman and the Sabbath Challenge to Unplug 2010
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Shabbas candles come in convenient dozen and half-gross boxes.
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He says, Margot, tell me a story to carry me through Shabbas.
The Dying Tradition 2010
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In Kosher, certainly; in Shabbas, less ... in charity and in America.
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In what I see as a riff (and maybe a schmidge of karmic payback?) for Jews enlisting "Shabbas Goys" to run their lights and such on the Sabbath, Bart decided to enlist atheists to serve the pets left behind by Raptured owners.
Sharon Glassman: What is Work?: Post-Apocalyptic Dog Walkers Wanted 2009
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Finally, I've ridden Bedford many times on non-Shabbas days, and I've almost never seen anything close to 'heavy traffic'.
Measure of Safety: All You Cities Sanction My Rebellion BikeSnobNYC 2009
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He was a "Shabbas Goy," turning on lights in a local synagogue for Jews forbidden to perform tasks on their Sabbath.
Powell On The March 2008
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In the Religulous section, the company shows off a phone with a special Shabbas phone that dials all the numbers constantly, so when you hit a number you stop the phone from dialing which somehow makes the number dial which somehow makes it OK.
The Movies of Octoberone The Brillig Blogger 2008
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In the Religulous section, the company shows off a phone with a special Shabbas phone that dials all the numbers constantly, so when you hit a number you stop the phone from dialing which somehow makes the number dial which somehow makes it OK.
Archive 2008-10-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008
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