[Mesorah] RH a chag?

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 11:38:56PM -0400, T613K at aol.com wrote:
:>  chag refers to aliyas haregel, cognate to hajj

: I did not know that chag and hajj were cognate, fascinating!

I suggested another etymology, linking it to chagag, circle. Note that
chaggeinu (in that pasuq in Tehillim) has a dageish in the gimel.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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