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Hagiga

Hagiga 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 Hagiga

pluralHagigas

Questions about Hagiga

What is Hagiga the alternative form of?
Hagiga is the alternative form of hagigah.

Words near Hagiga in the dictionary

  1. Haghtanak
  2. hagi-
  3. Hagia Sophia
  4. hagiarchies
  5. hagiarchy
  6. Hagiga
  7. hagigah
  8. hagigahs
  9. Hagigas
  10. Hagin
  11. Hagins

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