siyum

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Pronunciations

siyum (see-YOOM) listen
siyum (SEE-yoom) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The completion of a course of study, especially a tractate of Talmud.

Example Sentences

  • "We're making a siyum on Brachos on Thursday."

  • "If Tanya's bringing cookies for the siyum, you can take soda, can't you?" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH סיום siyúm > Y סיום siem

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

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

      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).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      siyyum

Notes

  • plural: 'siyumim'

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