havdalah

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havdalah

הבדלה

havdalah- A Hebrew word meaning "separation".  This is the name of a traditional ceremony that occurs at the end of the weekly Shabbat to delineate the sanctity of the Shabbat from the other six days of the week.  From Strong''s #914.  Pronounced HAHV dah LAH.

 

see http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/havdalah.html