drasha

Pronunciations

Derasha	(deh-rah-SHAH)
drasha	(drah-SHAH)
drasha	(DRUH-shuh)

Definitions

• n. "Sermon, learned address." (Glinert)
  

Example Sentences

• "At the wedding of the Brisker Rov's son Reb Dovid, the Chosson stood up and gave a drasha as was the minhag back then." (source)
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Heb דרשה derashá, Yiddish דרשה dróshe
  

Who Uses This

• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

droshe, drosha