skhar
Pronunciations
| skhar | (skhahr) | listen |
Definitions
n. A reward, payment.
Example Sentences
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"So if someone takes it on and is ready for it, he will definitely get schar, but someone making a laundry list of chumros would be better suited to examine the spiritual deficiencies that he has – working on middos is a mitzvah too!" (source)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y שׂכר skhar
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings
schar, s'char, s'khar
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