table song

noun

A hymn sung communally by Ashkenazi Jews at the dinner-table.

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Meanings

nountable song (plural table songs)

plural table songs

  1. A hymn sung communally by Ashkenazi Jews at the dinner-table.

    Of unknown authorship, it seems that it was sung as a Sabbath table-song and a festival table-song for holidays in general.

    1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 122
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