Names of the days of the week which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. Sunday uses the Arabic name, which is based on numbering, because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on "Lord's Day" for Sunday. As in Spanish, the Ladino name for Saturday is based on "Sabbath". However, as a Jewish language—and with Saturday being the actual day of rest in the Jewish community—Ladino directly adapted the Hebrew name, "Shabbat". From Latin "Dominicus (Dominica)" or Greek Κυριακή (Christian Sabbath) After No Work. In Russian also "Day After Week(end)"
Haim Sabato four novels in addition to Rabbinical works. Sabato's first book, "Emet Mi Eretz Titzmach", (published in English as "Aleppo Tales"), is a collection of short stories relating to his family's ancestral home and community of Aleppo, Syria. Sabato was awarded the Sapir Prize for Literature in its inaugural year, as well as the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize, for his second work, "Teum Kavanot" ("Adjusting Sights" in the English translation), a moving account of the experiences of a soldier in the Yom Kippur war. The book has also been made into a film. His third publication, "Ke-Afapey Shachar" (published in English as