minhag

From Hebrew ⁧מִנְהָג⁩ (minhág).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.həɡ/

minhag (plural minhags or minhagim)

1. (Judaism) a longstanding religious custom or tradition that is not required by Jewish law

   My family's minhag is to sit while saying kiddush.

   The Persian Jews have a Passover minhag to beat each other with vegetables when singing Dayenu.

   • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 300:

     In the Polish rite the refrain only is said, while the Western German and Minhag of Posen recite the entire poem.

• Ingham