siyum
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]siyum
- A celebration held upon completing the reading of a unit of Judaic scripture.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 184:
- Kaddish Le'ithadeta (the Kaddish of Renewal), recited after the burial and also at a Siyum when a tractate of the Talmud is completed.