blat

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A page of Talmud (equivalent of Hebrew דף daf).

Example Sentences

  • The whole perek [chapter] is only 15 blat.

  • Daf yomi: One blot (of) gemara a day = Twice through Shas in 15 years.

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • בלאַט blat 'leaf; page'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

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      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      blatt, blot, blaht

Notes

  • Cf. Yiddish בלעטל bletl -- an instance of which is used very prominently in David Weiss Halivny's 1996 English autobiography, "The Book and the Sword." The Yiddish plural בלעטער bleter seems not to have been borrowed.

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