Jastrow: חָג

חָג m. (b. h.; חגג; cmp. מוֹעֵד, אֵיד) 1) anniversary, festival. Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. Baḥod. p. 153ᵃ ויש לו חג וחַגּוֹ בן יומו a New-Moon of a month in which there is a festival and whose festival coincides with the New-Moon, v. כָּסָה I. Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ bot., v. דְּרוֹמָאָה. Sot. 36ᵇ יום חַגָּם their (the Egyptians’) festive day; a. fr.—Esp. ḥag (festive period), the Feast of Booths with its Eighth Day of Convocation (שמיני עצרת). Succ. IV, 2 י"ט הראשון של חג the first Holy Day of the ḥag; ib. 5 י"ט האחרון וכ׳ the last &c. (the eighth day); a. fr. —2) pilgrim’s festive offering. Ḥag. 10ᵇ, v. next w., a. חֲגִיגָה.—Pl. חַגִּים, constr. חַגֵּי. Ber. 33ᵇ ח׳ נדבה periods of free-will offerings.