drasha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"My shul's Rabbi devoted his Shabbat morning drasha a couple of weeks ago to the idea that the mezuza provides protection."
"In any case, the Midrash states that those who have a pleasant voice should honor God with what He has endowed them — with their voice. This derashah and similar derashot appear in Pesikta Rabbati and Midrishei Tanḥuma, and are cited later on in the literature of the Geonim and Rishonim."

Borrowed from Hebrew דְּרָשָׁה.

drashos (plural) drashot (plural) derasha (alternative) derashah (alternative)

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