bitul

Definitions

• n. "Contempt, disparagement" (Steinmetz).
  

• n. Self-abnegation.
  

Example Sentences

• "To experience real bitul, you have to first learn lots of Tanya and learn to daven with real kavanah."
  

• "I can't believe to the bitl he holds for me just because he doesn't like my niggunim."
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• ביטול Heb. bitul 'renunciation, relinquishment', Yid. bitl 'disdain, contempt'
  

Who Uses This

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

Regions

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

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

bitl