pan

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Pronunciations

PAN (PAHN) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Petition for a blessing from a Chasidic rebbe.

Example Sentences

  • "I went to the rebbe's ohel and wrote a pan."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • פּ"ן pan (acronym of פדיון נפש pidyon nefesh 'redemption of the soul')

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