table song

English

Noun

table song (plural table songs)

  1. A hymn sung communally by Ashkenazi Jews at the dinner-table.
    • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 122:
      Of unknown authorship, it seems that it was sung as a Sabbath table-song and a festival table-song for holidays in general.
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