Isru Chag
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| Isru Chag | |
| Official name | Hebrew: אסרו חג English translation: "Bind the Festival" |
|---|---|
| Also called | none |
| Observed by | Jews in Judaism |
| Type | Jewish |
| Significance | Follows each of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. Bridges the Holy Days to the rest of the year. |
| Begins | the day following the Three Pilgrimage Festivals |
| Ends | one day each time |
| Observances | Minor: one brief section (Tachanun) of two daily prayers is omitted |
Isru Chag refers to the day after each of the three Jewish Pilgrimage festivals: Pesach (Passover), Shavuot and Sukkot. The notion that Isru Chag "binds" the festivals to the rest of the year comes from a reading of Psalm 118:27.
[edit] Observances
The only special feature of Isru Chag in the modern liturgy, is the omission of Tachanun in Shacharit and Mincha. Rashi offers an interpretation of a Chazal to say that observing Isru Chag as a festive day is equivalent to having brought a sacrifice to the Temple altar (Sukkah 45b).
[edit] External links
- What is Isru Chag? at askmoses.com
- "Holiday Wrapping" from Ohr Sameach
- Isru Chag "Bind the festival"
- Isru Chag on Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective
- The Morning After from Torah from Dixie
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