shloshim

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Pronunciations

shloshim (SHLOH-sheem) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The 30-day period after a deceased person's funeral, often marked with special remembrances such as family members studying religious texts in the person's honor.

Example Sentences

  • "I'm going to sponsor a kiddush for my uncle's shloshim."

  • "He can't come to the wedding, because he's still in the sheloshim." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שלושים 'thirty'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      shloyshim, sheloshim

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