hasmode
Definitions
n. Zeal, diligence (especially in study).
Example Sentences
"Rav Ovadiah is a tremendous Talmid Chochom & his Hasmodeh is very to difficult to emulate." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y התמדה hasmode
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
hasmodeh
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