bedika

Alternative Spellings

bdikeh, bdike, bidikeh, badikeh, b'dikeh, bedikeh, bidike, badike, b'dike, bedike, bdikah, bdika, bidikah, badikah, b'dikah, bidika, badika, b'dika, bedikah

Definitions

• Inspection or search, especially with regard to preparations for Passover

Example Sentences

• "However, one should make a bedika in one's home before they go away." (https://www.ou.org/holidays/passover/hilchos_pesach/)

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew

Etymology

בדיקה bedika 'inspection'

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)

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).