oyrekh

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A guest, typically for a Shabbat meal.

Example Sentences

  • "My father and mother had agreed that she would cook more for Shabbos so that there would always be enough for an oyrekh [guest, usually one visiting from another community] for the Sabbath." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y אורח oyrekh

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      oyrech, oirekh, oirech, orech, orekh

Notes

  • plural: 'orkhim'

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