shabbas goy

shabbas goy
noun or shabbos goy
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: Yiddish shabes goy, from shabes Sabbath + goy gentile, from Hebrew gōy people, nation
: a non-Jew employed by Orthodox Jews to perform services (as turning lights on and off) which are forbidden to Jews on the Sabbath

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/shah"beuhs goy'/, Yiddish.
a gentile who performs tasks for Jews in the home or synagogue on the Sabbath or on a holy day that are forbidden Jews on such occasions, as turning on the lights or heat.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Shabbas goy — /shah beuhs goy /, Yiddish. a gentile who performs tasks for Jews in the home or synagogue on the Sabbath or on a holy day that are forbidden Jews on such occasions, as turning on the lights or heat. * * * …   Universalium

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