Meanings
nounminhag (plural minhags or minhagim)
plural minhags · plural minhagim
- JudaismA longstanding religious custom or tradition that is not required by Jewish law.
My family's minhag is to sit while saying kiddush.
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The Persian Jews have a Passover minhag to beat each other with vegetables when singing Dayenu.
In the Polish rite the refrain only is said, while the Western German and Minhag of Posen recite the entire poem.
1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 300
Origin
- Hebrewמִנְהָג
- Englishminhag
From Hebrew מִנְהָג (minhág).
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