kilachar yad

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Definitions

  • adv. Nonchalantly, perfunctorily.

  • adv. (of an action or movement) In an abnormal way, so as to avoid explicitly doing something muktzah on Shabbat.

Example Sentences

  • "The teacher just checks my work kilachar yad—without really looking at it." (Glinert)

  • "One should tear the toilet paper by resting one’s elbows on the sheet of toilet paper and tear it with one’s elbows. This is called tearing kilachar yad – in a backhanded manner, and is only an issur d’rabanan." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • כלחר יד 'with the back of the hand'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      kilacher yad, kilahar yad, kilakhar yad

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