ma'amad

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Example Sentences

  • "When Chassidim continue to give maamad, even after Gimmel Tammuz, although we don’t see the Rebbe, this expresses the force of our hiskashrus to him, without changes!" (source)

  • "The maamad was not satisfied with merely excommunicating the transgressors nor with publicly declaring the severe punishment imposed upon them: the details of their actions were recorded and described in the community registers with unusual thoroughness, and their gist was publicly announced in proclamations read out loud in the synagogue." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • מַעֲמָד

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      maamad, mamad, mahamad

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