זְכִירָה f. (זָכַר) 1) remembrance, thinking. Men. 43ᵇ (ref. to Num. XV, 39 ראייה מביא לידי ז׳ ז׳ וכ׳ seeing leads to thinking, thinking to doing. Gen. R. s. 33 (ref. to Gen. VIII, 1) מה ז׳ נזכר לו what (meritorious deed) remembered He to him. Meg. 15ᵃ אביגיל בזְכִירָתָהּ Abig. suggested licentiousness by alluding to her being remembered (I Sam. XXV, 31); a. e. —2) recitation. Ib. 2ᵇ (ref. to Esth. IX, 28) ז׳ recitation of the Book of Esther, contrad. to עשייה celebration of the Festival.