hagigah

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/xɑːɡiːˈɡɑː/

noun

A sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).

OriginHebrew חֲגִיגָה →
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Meanings

nounhagigah (countable and uncountable, plural hagigahs)

plural hagigahs · alternative chagigah · alternative Chagigah · alternative Hagiga

  1. countableuncountableA 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. countableuncountableThe tractate from the Talmud that deals with these offerings.

Origin

  1. Hebrewחֲגִיגָה“celebration, pilgrimage, festival offering”
  2. Englishhagigah

Borrowed from Hebrew חֲגִיגָה (ḥagiga, “celebration, pilgrimage, festival offering”), derived from the root ח־ג־ג (ḥ-g-g, “celebrate, make a pilgrimage”). Cognate to Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”).

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