Yiddishkeit

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Jewishness; the Jewish way of life, particularly Ashkenazi and Yiddish culture. uncountable

    "Wait! my Ezekiel will be Bar-mitzvah in a few years; then you shall see what I will do for that Shool. You shall see what an example of Yiddishkeit I will give to a link generation."

Example

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"Wait! my Ezekiel will be Bar-mitzvah in a few years; then you shall see what I will do for that Shool. You shall see what an example of Yiddishkeit I will give to a link generation."

Etymology

From Yiddish ייִדישקייט (yidishkeyt).

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