kharote

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Definitions

  • n. Regret, remorse, repentance.

Example Sentences

  • “Later I finally said to him, very quietly, 'I’m not a baal teshuva because I don’t have kharote [remorse].'” (Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side by Jonathon Boyarin)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חרטה kharote

      • 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

      kharoteh, charoteh, charote

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