mish

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • v. To eat at other families' houses during Passover.

  • v. To mix.

Example Sentences

  • "I don't mish."

  • "But perhaps one of the most intriguing of Pesach stringencies is the widespread minhag not to 'mish' – not to eat anyone else’s food during the Pesach holiday, even if the other person keeps their chumros." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • מישן mishn 'to mix'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

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