balabos
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "One cloth merchant, one of the more important balabatim in the city, lost almost all of his possessions and declared bankruptcy. With a heavy heart, he decided to go to the head of the city, Rabbi Yosef, and ask for a loan of several hundred rubles so he could repay his debts."
- "In the United States and Israel, however, insiders view one who leaves the yeshiva or kollel for outside employment and thus becomes a balabos, a lay householder, as a flop. He has, after all, abandoned eternity, a life of the spirit, for everyday work. Every yeshiva student I spoke to expressed this “fear” of ending up a balabos."
- "I once knew a balabos who was a very fine person. He came to me at a time when we didn't have a mikveh or a yeshivah in our community. He said to me, “Rabbi, there is one thing that this place is missing in order for it to be a top-notch Torah community. […] A first-class, elegant glatt kosher French restaurant.”"