meldado

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Pronunciations

meldado (mel-DAH-tho) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The Jewish memorial observance of somebody's death; the study session in honor of that person.

Example Sentences

  • "The Meldado / Anos / Yartzeit / Hillulah of Rabbi Alfass[i] is 10 Iyar."

  • "[I]n public, they will remember their murdered family members on special occasions such as Yom Kippur, meldados and Yom Hashoa."

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • meldado

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      meldatho

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