tsa'ar gidul banim

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Definitions

  • n. The stress of raising children.

Example Sentences

  • "Have you seen how much camp costs this year? It's real tsaar gidul banim." (Glinert)

  • "Tsa'ar gidul banim, the pangs of childrearing, are universal (Shabbos 89b). But, when successful people fail to raise successful children, the torment of the parents is unusually severe." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • צער גידול בנים

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      tsaar gidul banim, tza'ar gidul banim, tzaar gidul banim

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