- הילולא
- הִילּוּלָא, הִלּוּלָאch. sam( הִילּוּל, הִלּוּל m. (הלל) singing praises), esp. praising the bride in dancing before her (v. Ps. 78:63; Keth.17a), in gen. wedding. Targ. Koh. 3:4; a. e.Ber31a; a. fr.Snh.105a (prov.) when mouse and cat עבדיה׳ מבישראוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. מתרבא) make a wedding feast, it is from the flesh (fat) of an unlucky (victim).ביה׳ wedding house, feast. Ber.6b אגרא דביה׳ מילי (Var. הִלּוּלֵי pl.) the meritorious act in attending a wedding consists in words (cheering songs, addresses ); a. e.Pl. הִילּוּלֵי, הִלּ׳. M. Kat. 28a ביר׳ חסדא שתיןה׳ sixty weddings were celebrated in the house of R. Ḥ. Gitt.57a ובהך גיסאה׳ וחינגי and on the other side of the town were weddings and feasts; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.