hakhshara

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Definitions

  • n. An agricultural training camp for Zionist youth in preparation for moving to Israel.

Example Sentences

  • "With the transfer of power to the Nazis, the situation was fundamentally changed. Hakhshara training was able to fulfill the requirements to receive one of the British Mandate’s strictly limited worker’s-entry certificates." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • MH הכשרה hakhshara, lit. 'preparation' > Y הכשרה hakhshore

      • 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

      hachshara, hakhsharah, hachsharah, hachshore, hachshoreh, hakhshoreh, hakhshore

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