שְׁבוּת, (שָׁבַת) rest, abstention from secular occupation. Sabb. 89ᵃ כלום … שאתם צריכים ש׳ do you (angels) work, that you needed rest? [Sifra Emor ch. XIII, Par. 11, a. e. ש׳ (אלא) שבתון, read: שְׁבוֹת, v. שָׁבַת.]—Esp. sh’buth, an occupation, on the Sabbath and Festivals, forbidden by the Rabbis as being out of harmony with the celebration of the day. Bets. V, 2 כל שחייבין עלין משום ש׳ וכ׳ all occupations which are forbidden as sh’buth … on the Sabbath, are also forbidden on the Holy Days; ואלו הן משום ש׳ וכ׳ and these are forbidden as sh’buth: you must not climb up a tree &c. Ib. 37ᵃ ש׳ גרידתא a plain act forbidden as sh’buth; ש׳ דרשות an act of exercise of authority; ש׳ דמצוה an act of a religious nature. Pes. 65ᵃ אין ש׳ במקדש the prohibition of acts as sh’buth does not apply to Temple functions; a. v. fr.