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Seudah shlishit (Hebrew: סעודה שלישית, romanized: səʿuḏah šəlišiṯ third meal) or shaleshudes (Yiddish, an elided form of Hebrew: שָׁלֹשׁ סְעֻדוֹת, romanized: šāloš sǝʿuḏot, lit. 'three meals') is the third meal customarily eaten by Sabbath-observing Jews on each Shabbat. Jews are obligated to eat three meals on Shabbat according to the Talmud, and the seudah shlishit/shaleshudes is that third meal, eaten before the Sabbath ends at sundown.[1] The practice of eating three meals is homiletically attached to Ex. 16:25, in which the word for day, hayom, appears three times with reference to the manna that fell in a double portion on Friday.
- ^ "Shabbat 117b:11". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2021-02-15.