Pronunciations
| pshetl | (PSHEHT-(e)l) | listen |
Definitions
n. Subtle or hair-splitting argument about a Jewish text.
n. Dvar torah (Orthodox).
Example Sentences
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"Pshetl is always an attempt to find the dialectics in the most simple things, and this is what the talmudic scholars used to love." (source)
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"why should our boys feel that it's ok for them to deviate and not lein or give a pshetel regardless of how uncomfortable he feels in the role of public speaking?" (source)
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"At my bar mitzvah, my father went all out, so I prepared the parsha, which was a relatively short one, thank heavens, and memorized a 15 page lomdishe pshetl in yiddish. It took about 20-25 minutes to say. In middle of delivering the pshetl, one of my uncles asked me a kushya." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
פּשטל pshetl (Yiddish diminutive of פּשט pshat)
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
pishetel, pishetl, peshetl, pshetel
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