Pronunciations
| seudah shlishit | (seh-oo-DAH shlee-SHEET) | listen |
Definitions
n. The traditional third meal of the Shabbat, eaten Saturday afternoon or evening beginning before the Shabbat has ended.
Example Sentences
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"One need not torture himself in order to eat Seudah Shlishit. If one is stuffed from lunch (and afternoon snacks), he is exempt from Seudah Shlishit." (source)
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"Long and hot summer days call for a light and refreshing seudah shlishit." (source)
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"It's beginning to get dark, so we'd better begin Se'uda Shlishit. Where's the herring?" (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
סְעוּדָה שְׁלִישִׁית 'third meal'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
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- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
- Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings
seudah shlishis, seuda shlishit, seuda shlishis, se'udah shlishit, se'uda shlishit, seudah shelishit, seuda shelishit, se'udah shelishit, se'uda shelishit
Notes
Synonymous with shaloshudes. See also se'uda.
Does not need to be a large meal. Tradition comes from a passage in the Talmud, although specific practices surrounding this tradition vary.
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