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seudah shlishit

seudah shlishit noun: the third meal eaten on the Sabbath.

Noun

seudah shlishit

  1. (Judaism) The third meal eaten on the Sabbath.
    • Some explain that including Tzidkatekha after Minhah is because it is customary to eat Se'udah Shelishit ("the third meal"), and the Talmud states, "He who observes the three meals on the Sabbath is saved from three evils: the travails of the Massiah, the retribution of Gehinnom, and the wars of...1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 327

Synonyms of seudah shlishit

Origin of seudah shlishit

Borrowed from Hebrew סְעוּדָה שְׁלִישִׁית (literally “third meal”).

Questions about seudah shlishit

What does seudah shlishit mean?
Seudah shlishit means the third meal eaten on the Sabbath.
What part of speech is seudah shlishit?
Seudah shlishit is a noun.

Words near seudah shlishit in the dictionary

  1. Setúbal
  2. SEU
  3. Seubert
  4. Seuberts
  5. seudah
  6. seudah shlishit
  7. seudat mitzvah
  8. seudomístico
  9. seuen
  10. seuerall
  11. Seufert

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