kulah
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Pronunciations

kulah (KOO-luh) listen
kulos (KOO-luhz)

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Definitions

  • n. A lenient ruling or measure.

  • n. A loophole.

Example Sentences

  • "As we have seen, a kula is a non-chumra."(source)

  • "He lived his life by so many kulos that most people didn't even know that he was frum." (Weiser)

  • "I had a chance to talk with Rabbi Cohen. He is a mumche in hilchos kashrus. He himself doesn't even eat meat with an OU supervision due to the kulas they follow." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • קולא kula 'leniency' > Y קולא kule

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      kula, koolah, kuloh, kooloh, kuleh, kooleh, cooleh, cooloh, coolah, koola, kulo, koolo, kula, koole, coole, coolo, coola, kule, kuleh, kuleh

Notes

  • plural: 'kulas' or 'kulot'

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