to be yotzei

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Pronunciations

to be yotzei (YOH-tzei) listen

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Definitions

  • v. To fulfill a mitzvah or some other figurative obligation.

Example Sentences

  • "Are you yotzei?"

  • "If I had to go out in the middle of the shofar blowing, am I yotse?" (Glinert)

  • "OK, guys, you don't have to clear up anymore here—you're all yotse." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • English partial calque of Yiddish יוצא זײַן yoytse zayn

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      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).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      to be yotsei, to be yotse, to be yoitzei, to be yoytse, to be yotze, to be yoitzeh, to be yoitze

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