Chol HaMoed
Proper noun
Meaning
Chol HaMoed
The intermediate days between the beginning and end of the Jewish festivals of Pesach and Sukkot, on which some work is permitted.
Examples
Chol HaMoed main Decorations hanging from the s'chach (top or "ceiling") on the inside of a sukkah The second through seventh days of Sukkot (third through seventh days outside Israel) are called Chol HaMoed ( חול המועד main - lit. "festival weekdays").
If a burial occurs on Chol HaMoed of Passover, shiva does not begin until after the Yom Tov is completed.
The rebbetzin, the backbone of the family, was abruptly taken away on the second day of Chol Hamoed, during the worst of the pandemic.