Hoshana Rabbah: Meaning and Definition of

Ho•sha•na Rab•bah

Pronunciation: (Seph.Heb. hô-shä-nä' rä-bä' Ashk. Heb. hō-shä'nô rä'bô), [key]
  1. the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, occurring on the twenty-first day of Tishri and having a special liturgy containing a series of invocations to God for forgiveness and salvation.
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