kosher chazer fissel

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Pronunciations

kosher chazer fissel (KUHSH-er KHAH-zer FEE-sl) listen

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Definitions

  • n. One who appears to be religious, but is in fact not, either wholly or in part; religious in appearance, non-religious in essence.

Example Sentences

  • "Matzav is a kosher chazer fissel run by people who consider themselves torah ugedulah. It is full of sheker and gneivas daas." (source)

  • "The first time I see Kanois from the MO crowd. [W]hat is that Kosher Chazer Fissel...(...as they used to call this kind of false behavior) that they are showing us?" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • כּשר חזיר פֿיסל kosher khazer fisl 'a kosher pig's small-foot'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

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Notes

  • This phrase comes from the fact that all split-hoofed animals are kosher, except for the pig.

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