חִיתּוּם, חִתּ׳ m. (חָתַם) 1) signature. B. Bath. X, 8 לאחר ח׳ שטרות after the deeds were signed. Ib. 176ᵃ; a. fr. —2) (ברכות) ח׳ the formula with which a prayer closes, concluding benediction (‘Blessed be thou, O Lord. who &c.’). Ber. 12ᵃ הכל הולך אחר ח׳ ב׳ Ms. M. (ed. only הח׳) the concluding formula decides the appropriateness of a prayer. Ib. או אחר ח׳ ב׳ אזלינן Ms. M. (ed. חתימה) or do we go by the concluding phrase?—Pl. חִיתּוּמִין. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵈ bot. אחר חִיתּוּמֵיהֶן according to their conclusions; (ib. חוֹתְמוֹתֵיהֶן, v. חוֹתָם); Y. Taan. II, 65ᶜ bot.