vort

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Definitions

  • n. A short lesson derived from the Torah.

  • n. A short speech delivered in honor of a couple getting married.

  • n. By extension, an engagement party.

  • n. A word.

  • n. A promise.

  • n. A discourse.

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Example Sentences

  • "Will you be coming to Ahuva and Zack's vort?"

  • "Can you give a quick vort at dinner tonight?"

  • "L’chaim is for the night they get engaged, after he proposes, and for immediate family only. So both sides can get to know each other. The vort is usually a week or two weeks later for the gantzeh velt." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • װאָרט 'word'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

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