sheva brachot
Pronunciations
sheva brachot | (SHEH-vah BRAH-chot) | listen |
Definitions
n. The seven blessings said after a Jewish wedding and at a festive meal once a day for a week afterwards. The term can refer to the one week period after the wedding, the festive meal, or the blessings themselves.
Example Sentences
"We're flying out east for Adam & Kate's sheva brachos next weekend."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
שבע ברכות 'lit. seven blessings'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
sheva brachos / brochos
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