Definition of Machzor in English:
Machzor
nounPlural Machzorim ˈmaxzɔː
A Jewish prayer book for use at festivals.
Example sentencesExamples
- She was even careful that none of her five Machzorim, which were all kept in a single case, should ever come to the table.
- There should never be any possibility that chametz would get on her Passover Machzor.
- He was carrying a tallit and Machzor (you need them, but, technically, you shouldn't carry them).
- This effort is particularly necessary for users of the Birnbaum Machzor, in light of its poor translation of this section (it only translates half of the verbs).
- You search your innermost recesses and you examine the motivations and the emotions of the heart (Machzor of Yom Kippur).
Origin
Hebrew maḥzōr, literally 'cycle'.