mechitzah

[ Sephardic Hebrew muh-khee-tsah; Ashkenazic Hebrew muh-khee-tsuh ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural me·chi·tzoth, me·chi·tzot, me·chi·tzos [m, uh, -, kh, ee-, tsawt, m, uh, -, khee, -ts, uh, z, -, khee, -tsohs].

1. mehitzah.

Example Sentences

In those traditions, the married couple, being careful not to touch, is raised to hold a handkerchief on either side of the mechitzah, the partition between men and women at the wedding.

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