kiddush levanah

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Definitions

  • n. A ceremony at the end of Shabbat in which the moon is sanctified.

Example Sentences

  • "It's cloudy again tonight—no way can we do kiddush levana." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • קידוש לבנה kiddush levana 'sanctification of the moon'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      kiddush levana, kidush levana, kidush levanah

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