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Ashley is a given name which was originally an Old English surname. It is derived from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) words æsċ ( ash ) and lēah (clearing, meadow) and translates to "Dweller near the ash tree meadow".
To indicate a double meaning, where both the gematria of the word or phrase should be taken, as well as the plain meaning. For example, to give chai חַ״י (meaning "life" as pronounced, and "eighteen" as a gematria) dollars to tzedakah means to give eighteen dollars to tzedakah, thereby giving another person life, and drawing the blessings ...
Among Orthodox Jews, the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts. The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is shegetz. [2] Because of Jewish matrilineal descent, there is often less of a taboo associated with non-Jewish men. [3] [4] [5]
Ashley is a place name derived from the Old English words æsċ (“ash”) and lēah (“meadow”). It may refer to: It may refer to: People and fictional characters
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In Mexico, Jewish identity is deeply tied to the synagogue and faith practices, Unikel said – unlike in the U.S. where Jewish identity can be as much ethnic and cultural as it is religious.
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
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