Yeshivish glossary term
me'il
מעיל
Meaning
- cloth mantle covering a Torah scroll
- Torah cover
Alternate spellings
Torah mantle, meil
Usage and context
Common Ashkenazi covering placed over a rolled Sefer Torah.
- Category
- Sefer Torah and synagogue
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
The new me'il was donated for the sefer Torah.
Plain-English example
The new cloth Torah mantle was donated for the scroll.