shirayim

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Definitions

  • n. Leftover food.

  • n. Food that a Hasidic rabbi has blessed and tasted, which his followers share, considering it a blessing.

Example Sentences

  • "A local woman has begun selling keychains and necklaces with fish shirayim from various rebbe’s tischen, which buyers can then keep on them throughout the day." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y שירײם shiraim

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      shiraim, sherayim, sheraim

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