Sabbatical year

A sabbatical year is a year of rest, usually the seventh year, like the shabbat, which is the seventh day of the week in Judaism.

The term may refer to

the biblical concept of the shmita year
the modern concept of an extended hiatus in work, a sabbatical year

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