Meaning of shabbos goy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on Shabbat, such as kindling fire.
2. Alternative spelling of shabbos goy.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A gentile who holds philo-Semitic views, and is perceived as being subservient to Jewish people.
   derogatory

Examples

“Sometimes the family was helped on the Sabbath by a shabbos goy who would light some candles in their house.”

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