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minchag

minchag is the alternative form of minhag.

Meaning of minhag

Noun

minhag (plural minhags or minhagim)

  1. (Judaism) A longstanding religious custom or tradition that is not required by Jewish law.
    • My family's minhag is to sit while saying kiddush.

Forms of minchag

pluralminchags
pluralminchagim

Questions about minchag

What is minchag the alternative form of?
Minchag is the alternative form of minhag.

Words near minchag in the dictionary

  1. Mincey
  2. Minceys
  3. minch
  4. Mincha
  5. Mincha West
  6. minchag
  7. Minchah
  8. Minchala
  9. Minchalas
  10. minched
  11. minchen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minchag (page history and authors); minhag (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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