machzor

[ Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zohr; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuhr ]

noun

, English.

, plural mach·zo·rim [mah, kh, -zaw-, reem, mah, kh, -, zoh, -, r, im],

1. mach·zors. Hebrew. mahzor.

machzor

/ mɑːkˈzɔː; maxˈzɔr /

noun

1. a Jewish prayer book containing prescribed holiday rituals

Word History and Origins

Origin of machzor¹

literally: cycle

Example Sentences

If the target price is realized, the Codex Sassoon could not only eclipse the most expensive Jewish document ever sold — the 2021 sale of the Luzzatto Machzor, a 14th-century prayerbook, for $8.3 million.

From Seattle Times

In addition, Ohr Torah Stone has produced an abridged, online version of the “machzor,” the prayer book for the holidays, to allow for shorter, safer services whether they are held indoors or outdoors, in smaller communal settings of up to 20 people.

From New York Times

Kent represented the American Conference of Cantors during the creation of the Reform movement’s new machzor, the Jewish prayer book used on the High Holy Days.

From Los Angeles Times

With a sense of something vaguely strange, she bent her eyes downward on her neighbour's Machzor.

From Project Gutenberg

The Machzor for Pentecost says, Israelites are as "full of meritorious works as a pomegranate is full of pips."

From Project Gutenberg