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Shalosh Regalim

Shalosh Regalim proper noun: passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, the three festivals that included pilgrimages.

Proper noun

Shalosh Regalim pl (plural only)

  1. (Judaism, plural, plural-only) Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, the three festivals that included pilgrimages.
    • The Yizkor prayer developed in various directions. It was recited in memory of the massacres of 1096 (the First Crusade) and the Black Death (1348-1349); every Shabbat; on Yom Kippur; on Shalosh Regalim; and as a combination of these different customs.2024, David Golinkin, “How Should We Observe Simḥat Torah This Coming Year?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 143

Origin of Shalosh Regalim

Borrowed from Hebrew שלוש רגלים

Questions about Shalosh Regalim

What does Shalosh Regalim mean?
Shalosh Regalim means passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, the three festivals that included pilgrimages.
What part of speech is Shalosh Regalim?
Shalosh Regalim is a proper noun.

Words near Shalosh Regalim in the dictionary

  1. shalom
  2. shalom aleichem
  3. shalomed
  4. shaloming
  5. shaloms
  6. Shalosh Regalim
  7. shalosh seudos
  8. shalosh seudot
  9. shalosh seudoth
  10. shalot
  11. shalots

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