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yom tov|ˈjɒm tɒv| Also yomtov, 9 yontef, and with capital initial(s). [Yiddish, f. Heb. yōm day + ṭōḇ good.] A Jewish holiday or holy day.
1854Asmonean 7 July 96/2 Now, Shlome's grand⁓father was a kind of careless man who preferred making ‘yontef’ throughout the year. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto II. 166 He had been so proud of having earned enough money to make a good Yomtov. 1933A. van Son tr. C. van Bruggen in J. Leftwich Ysräel 1012 A Jewish woman cannot be too ill to hear the Seder... That's right, it's Yomtov now. 1962B. Abrahams tr. Life Glückel of Hameln iii. 51 Before we eat I must first take my child..some food. It is Yom Tov. 1976M. Horovitz in D. Villiers Next Year in Jerusalem 113 Quite often, in the midst of supra-national poetry events, I find myself involuntarily imagining yom tov. |