Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. Jewish learning or instruction.
  

• n. An area of study in Jewish learning or instruction.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• TH לִמּוּד 'learning' (plural: לִמּוּדִים) > Y לימוד limed 'subject, area of study' (plural לימודים limudim)
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

limud, limed, limmed