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Definition of Habdalah
1. a Jewish ceremony [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Habdalah
Literary usage of Habdalah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1899)
"... that over one cup the benediction of wine, Kiddush, of the season, of light,
and the habdalah should be pronounced, and Rabba said, of wine, Kiddush, ..."
2. How Christ Said the First Mass, Or, The Lord's Last Supper: The Rites and by James Luke Meagher (1908)
"When the time for the habdalah prayer arrived, the servant of Rabha lit several
candles, and joined them into one flame. R. Jacob said to him ' Why dost ..."
3. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"The " habdalah " has been preserved in all synagogues, the members of which
believe in strict adherence to the Sabbath law as laid down by the Rabbis. ..."
4. Geonica by Louis Ginzberg (1909)
"Nevertheless, it is recognised as an interpolation by the circumstance that it
is a piece put in between the habdalah and the draining of the ..."
5. On the divine liturgy in the Book of common prayer by George W. Hunter (1881)
"Blessed be Thou O LORD, Who hast separated between holy and common. The habdalah,
and the usages generally, after evening prayer are very old. page 12G. ..."
6. A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediæval Judaism by William Oscar Emil Oesterley, George Herbert Box (1920)
"The habdalah. This is primarily a home service, and is always said at the ...
The word habdalah means " Separation," ie between the holy Sabbath and the ..."
7. Jewish Laws and Customs: Some of the Laws and Usages of the Children of the by Alfred Kingsley Glover (1900)
"The "habdalah" is the late Sabbath afternoon rite by which the pious Jew separates
between the holy day and the week of workdays. ..."
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