Maskil

American  

[mahs-keel] / ˈmɑs kil /

noun

Judaism.

• Maskilim
  plural

1. an advocate or supporter of the Haskalah.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Maskilic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Maskilim
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Maskil

From the Hebrew word maśkīl literally, enlightened

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Maskil Maskilim

He came under the influence of a Maskil in Odessa and went away to France where he became a great mathematician and taught in a university.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

"Well, well," says the Maskil, more gently, "let us have the rest!"

From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz

The upliftment of the masses was the beau-ideal of every Maskil, and Hebrew and even the much-despised Yiddish were employed to effect it.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

To be a Maskil in Tishewitz it is enough only to trim it, but they say "he attends to his hair during the ten Days of Penitence!"

From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz

They might have condemned a Maskil, they had not yet condemned Haskalah.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

And his example served as an impetus and encouragement to the Maskilim in spreading knowledge among their coreligionists.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

It was the Slavonic Maskilim who mastered Hebrew in its purity, as it had not been mastered since the day of Judah Halevi.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

The bait proved tempting, and, as a consequence, some prominent Maskilim, too weak to resist the allurements, precipitated themselves into the Greek Catholic fold.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

As their pious coreligionists deemed it the universal duty to be well-versed in the Talmud, so the Maskilim thought it incumbent upon everybody to be highly cultured.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

The efforts of the conservative Maskilim were not devoid of some good results, nor even were those of Nicholas, though aimed at Christianizing rather than civilizing, entirely wasted.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

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