Misnagdish

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Example Sentences

  • "As he recalled, he was expecting the Rebbe to tell him something of a disparaging nature, explaining how certain Rabbis of a misnagdish persuasion could blindly do anything just to hurt Chassidim." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y מתנגדיש misnagdish

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

Notes

  • See also misnagdim.


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

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