chovah
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- (Judaism) A ritual that is not commanded in the Torah but that is still considered mandatory.
- 1983, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, On the Ordination of Women as Rabbis: Position Papers of the Faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America:
- That the evening prayer and Hanuka prayer in the Grace after the meal, can change from a "Rshut" to a "Chovah".