חִתּ׳

חִיתּוּם, חִתּ׳m. (חָתַם) 1) signature. B. Bath. X, 8 לאחר ח׳ שטרות after the deeds were signed. Ib. 176a; a. fr. 2) (ברכות) ח׳ the formula with which a prayer closes, concluding benediction (‘Blessed be thou, O Lord, who ). Ber.12a הכל הולך אחר ח׳ ב׳ Ms. M. (ed. only הח׳) the concluding formula decides the appropriateness of a prayer. Ib. או אחר ח׳ ב׳ אזלינן Ms. M. (ed. חתימה) or do we go by the concluding phrase?Pl. חִיתּוּמִין. Y.Ber.I, 3d bot. אחר חִיתּוּמֵיהֶן according to their conclusions; (ib. חוֹתְמוֹתֵיהֶן, v. חוֹתָם); Y.Taan.II, 65c bot.