keilim
Definitions
n. Sense; faculties.
n. Utensils and dishes.
Example Sentences
“When I see my roommate change his mood so unexpectedly, I thinks he's lost his keilim.” (Weiser)
"However, Rav Schachter cautioned that although, m’ikar ha’din we may be maikel, but since many poskim were machmir, lichatchila one should not permit dairy bread to be baked on kosher keilim, unless one will kasher." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH כּלים 'instruments' > Y כּלים keylim 'instruments'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
kaylim, keylim
Notes
Definitions were contributed, in part, from Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow.
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