בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

widow's weeds

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Mourning clothes worn by a widow according to the customs of different peoples.

("And she removed her widow's garments from upon her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim"—Genesis 38:14 (written about Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law), and also: "And she removed her widow's garments/ and said that from weeping over him she too would be silent"—Immanuel the Roman (13th century)/ The Inheritance, and also: "On her widow's garments together, and until to dash/ her head against the wall and roar like a bereaved bear"—H.N. Bialik / Widowhood, and also: "On an autumn day in a dark corner I found her/ and clothed in widowhood she appeared to me in the mirror"—H.N. Bialik/ On an Autumn Day)