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erev

[er-ev; Eng. er-uhv]

noun Hebrew.

the day before a Jewish holiday or the Jewish sabbath: Erev Yom Kippur.

Origin:
ʿerebh literally, eve, evening

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erev (ˈɛrɛv)

—n
	(in combination) Judaism the day before; the eve of: erev Shabbat (the Sabbath eve, i.e., Friday); erev Pesach (the day before Passover)

[from Hebrew]

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