semiholiday

semiholiday
\\“+\ noun
Etymology: semi- + holiday
: a weekday during a religious festival (as the Passover) on which ceremonial observances continue but activities prohibited on full festival days are permitted though discouraged

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  • semiholiday — semi·holiday …   English syllables

  • LAG BA-OMER — (Heb. לַ״ג בָּעֹמֶר), the 33rd (Heb. לַ״ג) day of the counting of the omer , which is reckoned from the second day of passover until shavuot . It occurs on the 18th day of iyyar and has been celebrated as a semiholiday since the time of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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