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
   • 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.

   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.

• Ingham