hasagos

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Definitions

  • n. Aspirations.

Example Sentences

  • “The young Rebbe had hasagos of becoming a Rosh Yeshiva.” (Weiser)

  • "I know that today there are a bunch of amazing programs that get boys to learn independently, but when I was their age, most seventh graders had no hasagos like that." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y השׂגות hasoges

      • 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).

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