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chagiga

chagiga is the alternative form of hagigah.

Meaning of hagigah

Noun

hagigah (countable and uncountable, plural hagigahs)

  1. A sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
    • The resolution points toward the rabbinic conclusion that lambs and kids are to be employed for the Passover flesh itself, while animals from the herd are to be used for a supplementary hagigah contribution.1997, H. M. Vroom, Martin Gosman, Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, →ISBN, page 77
  2. The tractate from the Talmud that deals with these offerings.

Forms of chagiga

pluralchagigas

Questions about chagiga

What is chagiga the alternative form of?
Chagiga is the alternative form of hagigah.

Words near chagiga in the dictionary

  1. chagempomba
  2. Chagford
  3. Chagga
  4. Chaghatai
  5. Chaghatay
  6. chagiga
  7. chagigah
  8. chagigahs
  9. chagigas
  10. Chagny
  11. chago

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