Meanings
- JudaismThe third meal eaten on the Sabbath.
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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 Gog and Magog."
1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 327Synonyms: shalosh seudoth, shalosh seudot, shalosh seudos, shaleshudes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe third meal eaten on the Sabbath.
Origin
- Hebrewסְעוּדָה שְׁלִישִׁית
- Englishseudah shlishit
Borrowed from Hebrew סְעוּדָה שְׁלִישִׁית (literally “third meal”).
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