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sabbatical
I never realized the connection between Sabbath and sabbatical. This comes from the ancient Jewish fear of the seventh day and that sabbaticals were taken by professors every seventh year. Interesting also how many languages use a variation of sabbath for Saturday, including German, Spanish, Hungarian, etc., which is when Sabbath was originally celebrated.
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Re: sabbatical
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