hagigahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Hebrew חֲגִיגָה‎ (ḥagiga, “celebration, pilgrimage, festival offering”), derived from the root ח־ג־ג‎ (ḥ-g-g, “celebrate, make a pilgrimage”). Cognate to Arabic حَجّ‎ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”).

名詞

hagigah (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 hagigahs)

1. A sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
   • 1997, H. M. Vroom & ‎Martin Gosman, Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, →ISBN, page 77:

     The resolution points toward the rabbinic conclusion that lambs and kids are to be employed for the Passover flesh itself, while animals from the herd are to be used for a supplementary hagigah contribution.

2. The tractate from the Talmud that deals with these offerings.