Shlomi Shabat ( he, שלומי שבת; born August 30, 1954) is an Israeli

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and musician. He is of Turkish Eastern Sephardic Jewish origin.

Early life

Shabat was born in

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, to a family of

Sephardic Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

descent who

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from

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. He sings in

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, Turkish, and

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Musical career

His CDs include ''Friends'' and ''Live in Caesaria'', in which he sings with other Israeli artists, including his sister Lea Shabat,

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, and

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. In 2002, he was nominated for the Tamuz Award of Israel's Best Male Artist, along with

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, Yuval Gabay, and

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but lost out to D'Or. In 2006, Shabat released a CD which contains duets and is named ''Friends 2''. It was his ninth solo album, and was made in the same style as the first ''Friends'' duets album from 2001.Bot generated title -->
/ref> Shabat sang a duet with David D'Or on D'Or's CD, ''Kmo HaRuach'' (''"Like the Wind"''), which was released on March 27, 2006. Ein od milevado

Television career

Shlomi Shabat was one of the judges in the inaugural season of ''

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'' on Israeli television.

Discography

* I've Returned From the Dark - 1987 - מן החושך חזרתי * Because of the Wind - 1989 - בגלל הרוח * Don't Go Too Far - 1991 - אל תלכי רחוק מדי * An Hour Together - 1993 - שעה אחת ביחד * Shlomi Shabat - 1998 - שלומי שבת * Friends - 2001 - חברים * Golden Hits - 2001 - להיטי זהב * Time of Love - 2003 - זמן אהבה * Shlomi Shabat in Cesarea - 2005 - המופע המשותף בקיסריה * Friends 2 - 2006 - חברים 2

References

1954 births Living people Israeli Sephardi Jews 20th-century Israeli male singers Israeli pop singers Israeli people of Turkish-Jewish descent Jewish singers Israeli Mizrahi Jews People from Central District (Israel) 21st-century Israeli male singers {{israel-singer-stub