mehitzah

or me·chi·tzah

[ Sephardic Hebrew muh-khee-tsah; Ashkenazic Hebrew muh-khee-tsuh ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew mə xiˈtsɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew məˈxi tsə /

Save This Word!

noun, plural me·hit·zoth, me·hit·zot, me·hit·zos

[Sephardic Hebrew muh-khee-tsawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew muh-khee-tsuhz, -khee-tsohs]. /Sephardic Hebrew mə xiˈtsɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew məˈxi tsəz, -ˈxi tsoʊs/. Hebrew.

a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

true

false

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby mehitzah

megophthalmus, megrim, megrims, meh, Mehemet Ali, mehitzah, mehndi, Mehta, Méhul, Mehuman, meibomian