skhar
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Definitions

  • n. A reward, payment.

Example Sentences

  • "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

      • 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).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      schar, s'char, s'khar

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