bechina

Pronunciations

bechina	(bih-CHEE-nuh)
bechina	(bchee-NAH)

Definitions

• n. Examination, particularly for rabbinic ordination.
  

Example Sentences

• "I only have one more bekhine before finishing smicha."
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• בחינה
  

Who Uses This

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

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

b'china, behina, bekhina, bekhine