Chazal
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew חז״ל (khazál), which is an acronym for חכמינו זיכרונם לברכה (khakhaméinu zikhronám livrakhá, “our sages, of blessed memory”).
Noun
- (Judaism) The sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.