lekech

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Pronunciations

lekech (LEH-kach) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "My savta makes a delicious lekech."

  • "Lekach (honey cake, signifying a sweet year) is traditionally requested—and recieved—from someone, usually one’s mentor or parent, on the day before Yom Kippur." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • לעקעך lekekh 'honey cake'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      lekekh, lekach, lekakh

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