kvitel

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A form of kvitl — A note with a (general or specific) petitionary prayer, used in Hasidic Judaism.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounkvitel (plural kvitels or kvitelach or kvitelech)

plural kvitels · plural kvitelach · plural kvitelech

  1. alternativeAlternative form of kvitl.

    I am gathering up kvitels, written notes, to take to the Western Wall.

    1994, E. M. Broner, Mornings and mourning, page 134
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    [...] no person's name should be mentioned on its own, for intercession on his or her behalf, since this will focus the attention of the accuser on that person, hence, the idea of the collective kvitels — the "safety in numbers syndrome" — [...]

    1997, Jeffrey M. Cohen, 1,001 Questions and Answers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jason Aronson, →ISBN, page 282
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