Yiddishkeit

[ yid-ish-kahyt ]

nounYiddish.
  1. Jewish tradition, culture, character, or heritage.

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How to use Yiddishkeit in a sentence

  • He wanted eighty roubles, and swore by his kosher Yiddishkeit (ritually pure Judaism) that the affair would cost him seventy-five.

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  • You shall see what an example of Yiddishkeit I will give to a link generation.