what is shabbas?

Answer 1

It is the Ashkenazi pronounciation of Shabbat or "Sabbath". It is the 7th day of the Biblical week. The day of rest commanded in Scripture.

The Hebrew letter Tav turns into an "S" sound if there is no dagesh in it for the Ashkenazi pronounciation. The Sephardic pronounce Tav as a "T" no matter what.

In reality it may be that Tav without a dagesh may have been pronounced as a "Th" and the Sephardic slid their tongues forward to make a hard "T" sound while the Ashkenazi slid their tongues back making an "Sh" sound.

You can see this from the fact that the word is more commonly rendered in English as "Sabbath". Also in the numerous synagogues named "Beth Joseph" and the like instead of "Beis" or "Beit Joseph". You will find this in Hebrew names as well, "Jethro" instead of Yisro or Yitro; Kohath instead of Kohat or Kohas; etc.

Answer 2

Shabbas (also sometimes spelled 'shabbos') is the Eastern European (i.e. Ashkenazic) pronunciation of the Hebrew word 'Shabbat', which is indeed the day of rest, observed from
sundown Friday to sundown Saturday (because the Jewish day begins at sundown - Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31).

So, why this particular day?

By the seventh day G-d had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day, He rested from all His work. And G-d blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creating that He had done. (Genesis 2:2-3)

This is the end of the first of the creation accounts in the first book of the Bible.

Now, the Jewish people received their religious law from Moses, once before their wandering through the desert, and once after, just before they were to enter the land promised to them long ago in G-d's conversation with their forefather Abraham (Genesis 12:2-3) So, there are two statements of the Law concerning the Sabbath day, of which the first is as follows:

Remember the Sabbath day [i.e. Shabbat] by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your G-d. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. (Exodus 20:8-11)

So the first reason the Jewish people was commanded to observe Shabbat was on account of G-d's creation of the heavens and earth, and resting afterward. So it can be said that Shabbat is a way of entering into G-d's rest.

The second is a little different:

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your G-d has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your G-d. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your G-d brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your G-d has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. (Deuteronomy 5:12-15)

So the second reason that the Jewish people was commanded to observe Shabbat was on account of G-d's work in saving them from bondage and bringing them into the promised land (or at least - at the moment the Law was given the second time - just across the Jordan River from it). So entering into the Promised Land is also a form of entering into G-d's rest.

There are some rules given in the Scripture for what it means to rest on Shabbat, and these are elaborated upon to apply them to today's world by the rabbis (i.e. Jewish religious teachers). See below for some links...

Bottom line: the prohibited actions all have to do, directily or indirectly, with creating or redeeming something.

Answer 3

If i understood your question right then Shabbash is welldone in both Hindi and Urdu the language spoken by majority of the people in India.

Answer 4

isn't he the lover man lol

Answer 5

it is the jewish day of rest... it is on saturday..