golus
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n. Exile outside of the Land of Israel.
n. Exile from a vibrant Jewish community.
n. The period since the destruction of the Second Temple.
Example Sentences
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"Golus has lasted over two thousand years."
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"People who live in America live in the galut."
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"How's life in golus? Do you miss New York?"
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH גלות galút > Y גלות góles
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
galuth, goles, golus, galut, galus
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