Sijjum
Sijjum (also Sijum , Hebrew "conclusion", "termination") has the following meanings in Judaism :
- Sijjum bedawar tow , "Graduation with good content": Care is taken that texts of prayer, religious lecture or study end with a positive content, if necessary a preceding (positive) sentence is repeated after the actual (but negative) conclusion and thus brought about a positive conclusion.
- Sijjum sefer tora : Completion of the writing of a Torah scroll honoring those who contributed to the cost. This is followed by a feast.
- Sijjum ha-sefer : Completion of one of the five books of the Torah during the Sabbath reading of the Torah in the synagogue
- Sijjum ha-tora : joyfully celebrated conclusion of the synagogal readings of the complete Torah in the annual cycle of Simchat Torah with an immediate restart of the readings with the section Bereshit .
- Sijjum massechet : graduation of a Talmud treatise , connected to a festive meal, the Sijjum-meal
- Sijjum ha-shass : conclusion of the six main orders of the whole Talmud, also combined with a feast
- In general and figuratively: a snack or a festive meal following a (mostly religious) lecture
literature
- Jewish Lexicon IV / 2, 404-406