laining

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A Torah reading.

  • n. "A preliminary study of a sugya involving only a cursory understanding of it: overview" (Weiser).

Example Sentences

  • "I still haven't learned my leining for my bar mitzvah!"

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  • "I didn't know what shiur would be about, so I just made a leining on the amud." (Weiser)

  • "Ask him to prepare the leining; he has the most achraius." (Weiser)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • lain + ing

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

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

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