letz

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Definitions

  • n. A joker, clown.

Example Sentences

  • “The bochur was smart but a big lets. He never took anything seriously enough to be matzliach.” (Weiser)

  •  “For his own good, I wouldn't let that letz meet the Rosh Yeshiva.” (Weiser)

  • "Many examples of heter agunah Tzemah Tzedek (Rav Krochmal), Chacham Tzvi, Elef Lechah Shlomo, Rav Shlomo Kluger and the case of a letz, a joker, and his status as a reliable person, Rav Moshe Feinstein - husband sent to Siberia in 1943 and fails to permit agunah" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH לץ > Y לץ lets

      • 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).
      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • 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

      lets

Notes

  • Plural letzim.

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