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muktzeh

muktzeh adjective: of objects: restricted from being moved (and sometimes touched) during Shabbat and holidays.

Adjective

muktzeh (not comparable)

  1. (Judaism) Of objects: restricted from being moved (and sometimes touched) during Shabbat and holidays.
    • Taking the Four Species in hand on Shabbat is considered muktza1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 259

Forms of muktzeh

alternative formmuktza
alternative formmuktzah
alternative formmuktze

Origin of muktzeh

From Hebrew מוקצה.

Questions about muktzeh

What does muktzeh mean?
Muktzeh means of objects: restricted from being moved (and sometimes touched) during Shabbat and holidays.
What part of speech is muktzeh?
Muktzeh is an adjective.

Words near muktzeh in the dictionary

  1. muktuk
  2. muktuks
  3. muktza
  4. muktzah
  5. muktze
  6. muktzeh
  7. Mukul
  8. mukula
  9. Mukund
  10. mukunuwenna
  11. Mukuzani

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