lishmo
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adv. For its own sake.
Example Sentences
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"The central feature of their educational philosophy, as Helmreich notes, was 'the idea of Torah lishmo—study for its own sake or, more precisely, for a higher spiritual purpose. . . . The guiding motive was to attain knowledge as an end in itself, not spiritual ecstasy or the acquisition of practical skills.'" (source)
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"If everything a person does is motivated by some purpose, how can anything truly be lishmo?" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y לשמה lishmo
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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