ashires

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Pronunciations

ashires (ah-SHEE-ris) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Wealth.

Example Sentences

  • "Reb Dovid looked at his visitor and completed the story. 'I did not accept the money for myself, giving it to the yeshivah, but the point is, if the Maharil says that sandekaus is a segulah for ashirus, then it means precisely that, whether we see it or not. It’s a reality.'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y עשירות ashires

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      ashiris, ashirut, ashirus

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