ram - Jewish English Lexicon

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Pronunciations

ram

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Definitions

n. A yeshiva teacher.

Example Sentences

"Rav Ezra Bick, a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since his aliya from New York in 1977, is the Director of the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash, with more than 30 weekly shiurim and tens of thousands of monthly users." (source)

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Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew
Aramaic
Yiddish

Etymology

TH ר״מ ram > Y ר״מ ram, an acronym for TH/A ראש מתיבתא rósh metivta (Y reysh mesivta), lit. 'head of academy'

Who Uses This

Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
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

rahm

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