aleichem shalom

[ Sephardic Hebrew ah-le-khem shah-lawm; Ashkenazic Hebrew uh-ley-khuhm -shaw-luhm ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew ɑ lɛˈxɛm ʃɑˈlɔm; Ashkenazic Hebrew əˈleɪ xəm ˈʃɔ ləm /

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a conventional greeting, meaning “peace to you”: used in reply to the greeting shalom aleichem.

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Question 1 of 10

Which Word of the Day means “happening within or being the created world of a story”?

Then came Bess Myerson, a daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants who was raised in the Sholem Aleichem Houses in the Bronx.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The shooter then moved on to the Village Shalom retirement community, where a woman was killed on the scene.
Hate—and Hitler—in the Heartland: The Arrest of Frazier Glenn Miller|John Avlon, Caitlin Dickson|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Almost all involved with the creation of Fiddler on the Roof had familial ties to the world Sholem Aleichem described.
The Strange Power of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’|Jen Vafidis|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Aleichem became one of the most popular Jewish authors of the time, hailed as the Jewish Mark Twain.
The Strange Power of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’|Jen Vafidis|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Reason: Israel's closure of the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing following shooting of rockets.
Livni Vs. Price Tag Attacks|Orly Halpern|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sar Shalom, head of the Jewish congregation of Ispahan, 434.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
If we did not wish to join in the dancing, but wanted to leave, they would just say 'Shalom'—'go in peace but come again.'
Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago|Hannah Trager
For this they had to employ Shalom Cohen, a turn-coat, who had formerly belonged to the ranks of the reformers.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
"Shalom Aleichem," he began, his tongue faltering a little over the old Hebrew greeting he had not used for so long.
The New Land|Elma Ehrlich Levinger