hasmada

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Definitions

  • n. Diligence.

Example Sentences

  • "How many zechuyos he had, so many zechuyos of hasmada. What hasmada – he would walk in the street and he had no idea what the name of the street was. He didn’t know! He didn’t look! He was careful and he didn’t look at anything except for Torah." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • הַתְמָדָה

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      hatmadah, hatmada, hasmadah

Notes

  • Definitions were contributed from Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow.

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