sechel

Pronunciations

sechel	(SEI-chuhl)
sechel	(SEH-chel)

Definitions

• n. "Common sense" (JPS), intelligence.
  

Example Sentences

• "She should use her saykhel for such an important decision."
  

• “This time, we are not dealing with a rasha (an evil person) but a person who lacks sechel” (source)
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Heb שכל sékhel, Yiddish שׂכל séykhl
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings

saykhel, seychel, seykhel, seichel, seykhl, saichel