hesped

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Definitions

  • n. A eulogy, funeral oration.

Example Sentences

  • "Rabbi Mordechai Ginsbury, of Hendon United Synagogue, delivered the hesped prepared by Rabbi Mirvis for Sunday's levaya." (source)

  • "Apprecitaing Our Gedolim - A Hesped on Rav Nissan Karelitz ZT"L" (source)

  • "Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter of Yeshiva University and The Jewish Center shares divrei hesped for his rabbinic predecessor and role model, Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm zz"l." (source)

  • "Don't make a whole hesped over him—he's not dead yet." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • הספד hesped 'eulogy' > Y הספּד hesped

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

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

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      hessped

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