mashgiach

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Pronunciations

mashgiach (mahsh-GEE-ach) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A counselor and spiritual advisor in a yeshiva.

  • n. A person who ensures all the laws of kashrut are followed in a slaughterhouse, food-processing factory, restaurant, catering hall, or the like.

  • n. A bossy, unsolicited advisor.

  • n. An overseer, supervisor.

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Example Sentences

  • "Our mashgiach helps by giving us advice." (Weiser)

  • "My roommate acts like my mashgiach, constantly telling me what to do." (Weiser)

  • "The mashgiach had the job of checking the kashrus of the meat."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH מַשְׁגִּֽיחַ 'supervisor, overseer, inspector' > Y משגיח mazhgiekh

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

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

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      mashgiakh, mashgiech, mashgiekh

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