eisek

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Definitions

  • n. Concern.

  • n. An ordeal.

Example Sentences

  • “Chutzpa like his should be the parents’, not the yeshiva's, eisek.” (Weiser)

  • “Arranging the rental of the bus for everyone to get to the convention became more of an eisek than it was worth.” (Weiser)

  • "We are mechuyav to be meshabed ourselves to the melocha in which these soldiers made a haschala–that vibalt they were moiser nefesh for this eisek, we must be mamash torud in it–" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y עסק eysek

      • 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

      eysek, aysek, aisek

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