madrich

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Pronunciations

madrich (mah-DREEKH) listen
madrich (mah-DREEKH) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A youth counselor or supervisor.

  • n. A teacher's assistant for elementary and middle schoolers during classes in religious schools.

  • n. Any guide or leader.

Example Sentences

  • "I absolutely loved my madrich on Birthright."

  • "When she's eighteen, Melissa wants to be a madricha at summer camp." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH > MH מדריך madríkh, '(male) guide', מדריכה madrikhá '(female) guide', Y מדריך madrekh 'guide'

      • Who Uses This

      • Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
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      Regions

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

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      madricha, madrichah, madrikha, madrikh

Notes

  • feminine: 'madricha'
    masculine plural: 'madrichim'
    feminine plural: 'madrichot'

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