toivel

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Pronunciations

tovel (TOE-vuhl) listen
toivel (TOY-vuhl) listen

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Definitions

  • v. To immerse dishes in a ritual bath (mikvah) to render them usable in a kosher kitchen.

Example Sentences

  • "I need to toivel my glasses, dishes, and my silverware before I can use them."

  • "There are six glasses over there that haven't been toyvl'ed. Would you toyvl them for me?" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y טובֿל זײַן toyvl zayn 'to immerse (something)'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

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

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      tovel, toyvel, toyvl

Notes

  • Sephardim and Israelis use the noun tevilat kelim, 'immersion of vessels.'

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