Yeshivish glossary term
meisah
מיתה
Meaning
- death
- act or state of dying
Alternate spellings
mitah
Usage and context
A halachic/textual term for death; not the usual condolence expression.
- Category
- mourning - death
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
The sugya discusses what happens after meisah.
Plain-English example
The Talmudic discussion addresses what happens after death.