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81Yigdal — /yig dahl , yeeg /, n. Judaism. a liturgical prayer or hymn expressing the faith of Israel in God, usually sung responsively by the cantor and congregation at the close of the evening service on the Sabbath and festivals. [ < Heb yighdal may… …
82ASHREI — (Heb. אַשְׁרֵי; Happy are they ), the first word and the name of a reading from the Book of Psalms which occupies an important place in the liturgy. The reading consists of Psalms 84:5, 144:15, 145, and 115:18. The Talmud states that anyone who… …
83ATTAH HORETA LADA'AT — (Heb. אַתָּה הָרְאֵתָ לָדַעַת; Unto thee (Israel) it was shown ), verses recited responsively on …
84EḤAD MI YODE'A — (Heb. אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ; Who Knows One? ), song incorporated in the Ashkenazi rite among the concluding songs of the Passover haggadah , whose aim was to keep the children awake until the end of the seder (cf. Pes. 108b–109a). The song consists… …
85MOURNING — (Heb. אֵבֶל), the expression of grief and sorrow over the death of a close relative, friend, national leader, or in response to a national calamity. The lamentation (Heb. קִינָה (kinah, qinah); נְהִי, nehi) is the specifically literary and… …