chavrusashaft

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Definitions

  • n. A shared interest, association.

Example Sentences

  • “My kid brother has been hanging around with that boy next door, and I don't approve of the chavrusashaft.” (Weiser)

  • "When we talk every week, he fills me in about their private chavrusashaft or the Shabbos meals he eats there, and I’m sure he feels my pride over the phone line." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חבֿרותאשאַפֿט 'lit. chavruta-ship'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      khavrusashaft

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