English Explanatory Dictionary

leil shimurim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A night in which God is considered to protect the Jews - applied to the first two nights of Pesach.

Word forms

leil shimurim

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים (“vigil”).

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