Reply To: Gut Shabbos vs. Shabbat Shalom

I usually say Shabbat only because I find it rolls off the tongue easier than saying Shabbos Shalom. It has nothing to do with Sefardic or Ivrit pronunciation.

That said, since my wife is Israeli, and has been teaching me Ivrit, I do tend to speak with an Israeli accent in conversational Hebrew (Ivrit). In davening, I do use a Sav, not only a Tav. Saying Shabbat Shalom to someone probably qualifies as conversational, not as tefillah.

I never really thought about it in-depth before.

Joseph, “traditionally”, Ashkenazim don’t say Gut Shabbos. Originally, Jews probably said Shabbat Shalom. At some point, they switched to the Aramaic equivalent. My point is, it was said in the language they used for conversation. That’s all Yiddish really is/was – a language used by Jews for conversation.