madrich
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n. A youth counselor or supervisor.
n. A teacher's assistant for elementary and middle schoolers during classes in religious schools.
n. Any guide or leader.
Example Sentences
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"I absolutely loved my madrich on Birthright."
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"When she's eighteen, Melissa wants to be a madricha at summer camp." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
TH > MH מדריך madríkh, '(male) guide', מדריכה madrikhá '(female) guide', Y מדריך madrekh 'guide'
- Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
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- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
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- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
madricha, madrichah, madrikha, madrikh
Notes
feminine: 'madricha'
masculine plural: 'madrichim'
feminine plural: 'madrichot'
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