taharah

noun

ta·​ha·​rah

täˈhärä

plural taharoth or taharot

tähäˈrōt(h),

-ōs

: the Jewish religious ceremony of washing a corpse before burial

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew ṭāhărāh, literally, purification, from ṭahēr to be clean, be pure

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