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Yeshivish glossary term

se'ah

סאה

Meaning

  • traditional halachic unit of volume

Alternate spellings

seah, saah

Usage and context

Modern-unit conversions vary according to halachic measurement systems.

Category
family purity - mikvah construction
Language origin
Hebrew

Example in Yeshivish

The minimum volume is expressed in se'ah.

Plain-English example

The minimum volume is expressed using the traditional seah measure.