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A native-born Israeli.

[Hebrew ṣābār, sabra, prickly pear.]


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Food and Nutrition: sabra
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Israeli name for the prickly pear. Also an Israeli liqueur flavoured with bitter oranges and chocolate.

 
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Word ultimately derived from the Arabic for a variety of prickly pear found in Israel; also the name for a native-born Israeli.

Native-born Israelis are described as Sabras because their personality is often thought to be similar to the fruit of the plant: tough and prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside.

— BRYAN DAVES

 
Wikipedia: Sabra (person)
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For other uses, see Sabra.

Sabra (Hebrew: צבר‎) is a term used to describe a person born in Israel.[1] In contrast, an oleh (masculine) or olah (feminine) is a person who immigrates to Israel[2] under Aliyah.

The word sabra derived from the Hebrew name for the Indian Fig Opuntia cactus, "tzabar," and related to the Arabic word for aloe/cactus, "sabr," which means patience.[3] The allusion is to a tenacious, thorny desert plant with a thick hide that conceals a sweet, softer interior, i.e., rough and masculine on the outside, but delicate and sensitive on the inside. The first use of the word to describe native-born Israelis is claimed by the journalist Uri Kesari, who published an essay, "We Are the Leaves of the Sabra!", in Doar HaYom on 18 April 1931.[4]

The sociological characteristics of the sabra were examined by Oz Almog in his book "The Sabra - The Creation of the New Jew."[5]

In the 1980's, when television in Israel was still black and white and aired several hours a day, the Israeli children's show, Ma Pit'om ("What on earth?" or "You don't say!," מה פתאום) featured as its star the talking cactus Kishkashta; Kishkashta was a Sesame Street-style felt puppet who introduced himself with a solitary song.

The "sabr" is also a national symbol for Bedouins. In their folklore it is also known as a symbol of patience and perseverance.[6]

References

  1. ^ An Israel-America diary The Economist, 16 November 2006
  2. ^ Katz, Lisa. "Oleh, Olah, Olim". http://judaism.about.com/library/1_culture/bl_olim_terror.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-08. 
  3. ^ Balashon, Hebrew Language Detective
  4. ^ Tzabar Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective
  5. ^ Almog, Oz. 2000. The Sabra the creation of the new Jew. The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. Berkeley: University of California Press
  6. ^ Israel and the Bedouins, a Social and Political History by Samih Farsoun and Naseer Aruri

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Translations: Sabra
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sabra

Nederlands (Dutch)
geboren Israëli, sabra, cactusvijg

Français (French)
n. - sabra

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sabra (Israeli, der in Israel geboren wurde)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Εβραίος γεννημένος στο Ισραήλ

Italiano (Italian)
ebreo nato in Israele (fico d'India, spinoso fuori, dolcissimo dentro)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sabra (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
еврей, родившийся в Израиле

Español (Spanish)
n. - sabra, israelí de nacimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sabra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
土生土长的以色列人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 土生土長的以色列人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이스라엘 태생의 이스라엘인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イスラエル生まれのイスラエル人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) يهودي مولود في فلسطين, الصباري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צבר, יליד ישראל‬

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