shalech manes

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Pronunciations

shalech manos (SHUH-luhkh MUH-nis) listen
mishloach manot (mee-SHLOH-ahkh mah-NOHT) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A package or basket gifted on Purim containing at least two foods.

Example Sentences

  • "Wish your friends a Happy Purim with our shalach Manos!"

  • "Be a good girl and take this shalach mones round to Mrs. Margulies." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH משלוח מנות mishlóakh manót > Y שלח־מנות sh(a)lakhmónes

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • 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

      shlach mones, shalekh mones, mishloach manos, mishloah manot, shalach monos, shalach manos, mishloach manot, shalech manos, shalach mones, shalech mones

Notes

  • Sephardi Jews, non-Orthodox Jews, and Israel-connected Jews tend to say "mishloach manot," while Orthodox Ashkenazim tend to say "shalech manos." Sephardi mishloach manot include two different foods, and Ashkenazi mishloach manot include foods that call for two different brachot.

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