shaila
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n. A question, usually while looking for a halachic ruling.
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Hebrew שְׁאֵלָה she'elá, Ashkenazi/Yiddish pronunciation [shayle]
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
shayla, shaylah, shailah, shayle, she'ela, sheilah
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