be mekabel
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v. To receive.
v. To undertake.
v. To believe.
v. To believe; 'buy it'.
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Example Sentences
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“The chassan wasn't used to being mekabel so many gifts.” (Weiser)
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“The bochur was mekabel to learn one hundred blatt during the zman.” (Weiser)
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“I couldn't be mekabel that he learned so many blatt in just one zman.” (Weiser)
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“It's not that I don't understand your story; I'm just not mekabel.” (Weiser)
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"Thus, in order to perform the mitzvah of adding on to the Shabbos, one must be mekabel Shabbos before sunset, for after sunset it is already Shabbos — regardless of his kabbalah." (source)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
- English
Etymology
partial English calque of Y מקבל זײַן mekabl zayn
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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