machzor
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A Jewish prayer book used for special holidays like Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
- noun
- /mɑːxˈzɔːr/
- Jargon
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machzor
- Each year, families gather to read from their machzor during the Yom Kippur services.
Examples
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Danny steps onto the bema, opens the machzor.
Fiction book (2001) -
Danny finds his machzor and gets up as he approaches the bema, Stuart comes to meet him.
Fiction book (2001) -
He tucks the paper under his arm beside the machzor and crosses Eighth Avenue toward a cheap hotel.
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During Rosh Hashanah, the rabbi recited prayers from the machzor for the congregation.
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She carefully annotated her machzor to remember the special prayers for the holidays.
Synonyms
prayerbook
vsmachzor
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A book with prayers people say during religious services
is a Jewish holiday edition used for specific high holy day services
Surface Forms
Etymology
Machzor comes from the Hebrew word mahzor, which means 'cycle' or 'return'. That's why a machzor is the special prayer book used for the yearly cycle of Jewish holidays.