ta'anit

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ta'anit (tah-ah-NEET) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A sad fast.

Example Sentences

  • "We can't go out next Wednesday because it's a ta'anit." (Glinert)

  • "We declare that this Friday we will observe a Taanit. A day of mourning which is to lament over the danger of the diminishing and destruction of human morality." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • תַּעֲנִית

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      taanit, tanit, taanis, ta'anis, tanis

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