pshetl

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Pronunciations

pshetl (PSHEHT-(e)l) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Subtle or hair-splitting argument about a Jewish text.

  • n. Dvar torah (Orthodox).

Example Sentences

  • "Pshetl is always an attempt to find the dialectics in the most simple things, and this is what the talmudic scholars used to love." (source)

  • "why should our boys feel that it's ok for them to deviate and not lein or give a pshetel regardless of how uncomfortable he feels in the role of public speaking?" (source)

  • "At my bar mitzvah, my father went all out, so I prepared the parsha, which was a relatively short one, thank heavens, and memorized a 15 page lomdishe pshetl in yiddish. It took about 20-25 minutes to say. In middle of delivering the pshetl, one of my uncles asked me a kushya." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פּשטל pshetl (Yiddish diminutive of פּשט pshat)

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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      Alternative Spellings

      pishetel, pishetl, peshetl, pshetel

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