lintel

noun

«lintel» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

On the first Passover night, the Israelites put lamb's blood on the two side posts and the lintel of their houses.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the blood on the doorposts as a sign of faith and obedience, so that God would pass over those houses. It is remembered at the Passover seder.

Meaning

The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts. tree →

Examples

And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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