melits yosher
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Definitions

  • n. Someone who has passed away and acts as an advocate on behalf of the living.

Example Sentences

  • "May the niftar [deceased] be a melits yosher for us all." (Glinert)

  • "At funerals I have often heard it said that the deceased should be a meilitz yosher (literally one who relates rectitude, meaning someone to advocate on one's behalf in the heavenly courts)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • מליץ יושר, lit. 'pleader of righteousness'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      melitz yosher

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