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sab·bath
/ ˈsabə[unvoicedth]/
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n.
1. (often the Sabbath)
a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday.
2.
(also witch·es' sab·bath)
a supposed annual midnight meeting of witches with the Devil.
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Sabbath finery
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Headline: Sabbath finery Byline: Berel Wein Edition...One of the methods of sanctifying the Sabbath day and making it special, unique...week is the concept of bigdei Shabat - Sabbath clothing. Jews traditionally wore...
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Sabbath and Synagogue: The Question of Sabbath Worship in Ancient Judaism
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; HEATHER A. McKAY, Sabbath and Synagogue: The Question of Sabbath Worship in Ancient Judaism (Religions in the Greco...spontaneously assume that Jews prayed in synagogues on the Sabbath. After a thorough review of all available evidence...
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Sabbath: The sunny' side of darkness
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; BLACK SABBATH 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' (1973) The track list: 1. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (5:45) 2. "A National Acrobat" (6:13) 3. "Fluff" (instrumental) (4:09) 4. "Sabbra Cadabra" (5:57) 5. "Killing Yourself...
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Sabbath and Synagogue: The Question of Sabbath Worship in Ancient Judaism.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...literary and archaeological evidence for the sabbath activities of Jews in the cities and towns...examination is carried out in eight chapters: sabbath and new moon (the Hebrew Bible); sabbath as holy day of the Jews (early Jewish literature...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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OBSERVING SABBATH CREATES HOLY TIME FOR JEWS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/6/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...County, NJ) 05-06-1999 OBSERVING SABBATH CREATES HOLY TIME FOR JEWS -- FAMILIES...Hebrew blessing that is said over the Sabbath candles, written out in English letters...back to a time when the blessings of the Sabbath table were new and unfamiliar in our family...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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Fed: Sabbath's other frontman Dio out to secure band's legacy
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 7/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...News (Australia) 07-27-2007 Fed: Sabbath's other frontman Dio out to secure band...front of iconic heavy metal band Black Sabbath barely lasted three years from the time...With the release of the album Black Sabbath: The Dio Years, Dio is back on the road...
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SABBATH: A REST FROM HECTIC LIVES
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/20/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...County, NJ) 05-20-1999 SABBATH: A REST FROM HECTIC LIVES...a whole held the notion of Sabbath in higher regard. In a pluralistic...different days as their respective Sabbaths. One reality we all face is...encroachment on the concept of Sabbath by sports leagues, commercialism...
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The Sabbath versus the New Moon: A Critique of Heschel's Valorization of the Sabbath
Magazine article from: Judaism; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...in Abraham Joshua Heschel's essay The Sabbath about Jewish beliefs concerning time and...rhythms of Jewish time as expressed by the Sabbath and the lunisolar year. Heschel's essay...create-certain perspectives about the Sabbath commonly held by American Jews. By identifying...
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Sabbath's Theater.
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 8/21/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Roth pulled out of God knows where for Sabbath's Theater (451 pages. Houghton Mifflin...puppeteer. Like Roth, the arthritic Mickey Sabbath is a once scandalous avant-gardist rusticating...the chance to be Big Bird.) And like Sabbath, Roth seems most alive when he's picking...
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The Sabbath.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; The Sabbath, by Abraham Joshua Heschel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951). The Sabbath is likely Abraham Joshua Heschel's most...Judaism has garnered more attention than the Sabbath. Heschel's The Sabbath, subtitled...
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Sabbath
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...x2013;6). The articles used for Sabbath ritual (candlesticks, Kiddush cups...frequently extremely artistic. Certain Sabbaths are regarded as ‘Special...the calendar, especially when a Sabbath falls during a festival. The Sabbath...
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Black Sabbath
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Black Sabbath Rock band For the Record … Revival...at the feet of the English group Black Sabbath. The sonic barrage they pioneered, consisting...Meanwhile, the anguish and rage expressed in Sabbath classics like “ Paranoid...
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Special sabbaths
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Special sabbaths (particular sabbaths in the Jewish calendar): see SABBATH .
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Sabbath day's journey
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Sabbath day's journey A Jew was permitted to travel 2,000 cubits on the Sabbath (Exod. 16: 29 and Num. 35: 5), about 1.2 km. (3/4 mile), and the Mount of Olives was within this distance from Jerusalem (Acts 1: 12).
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sabbath
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
sab·bath / ˈsabə[unvoicedth] / • n. 1. (often the Sabbath ) a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians...
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