Minhah

or Min·chah

[ Sephardic Hebrew meen-khah; Ashkenazic Hebrew min-khuh ]

noun

, Hebrew.

1. the daily Jewish religious service conducted in the afternoon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Minhah¹

minḥāh

Example Sentences

To restore order, Levin finally turned his back on both of them, faced the wall and started chanting the minhah, the Jewish evensong.

From Time Magazine Archive

The offering of the daily minhah is already employed in 1Kings xviii.

From Project Gutenberg

The oddest custom of all, however, was doubtless not the daily minhah, but the offering of the shewbread, which served the same purpose, but was not laid out fresh every day. ***************************************** even in the pre-exilian period, but alongside of it at that time, the freewill private offerings had a much more important place, and bulked much more largely.

From Project Gutenberg

The daily minhah appears to be older than the daily `olah.

From Project Gutenberg