maamarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• ma'amar

語源

Borrowed from Hebrew מַאֲמָר (ma'amár, “statement”).

名詞

maamar (plural maamarim)

1. (Judaism) A lecture, dissertation, discourse.
   • 2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 50:

     The classic Talmudic Bar Mitzvah speech in the 17 century lasted 30-60 minutes. Later on, this was replaced by a ma'amar lasting about 10 minutes favored by Ḥassidim. Toward the end of the 18 century, the ma'amar was replaced by a Dvar Torah in the vernacular.