- "the intermediate days of the weeklong holidays of Pesach and Sukkot" (JPS)
- "On Chol Hamoed many Orthodox families go to amusement parks, the circus, ..." (Jewish Virtual Library). In a newsletter for a Reform Synagogue: "Come celebrate Hol Hamoad in the Sukkah with our rabbis." "Let's get together during chol hamoed Christmas" (i.e., the time between Christmas an New Years).
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- חול המועד
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Who Uses This
hol hamoed, chol hamoad
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