kvitl

plural kvitls · plural kvitlach · plural kvitlech · alternative kvitel · alternative kvittel · alternative kwittel

1. A note with a (general or specific) petitionary prayer, used in Hasidic Judaism.

   His father said nothing, sat on his grave, sorted through the kvitls, put certain ones in certain pockets of his coat and his pants. Then a small whirlwind of dust and kvitls swept over him, encircled him, and lifted him away.

   2017, Rhoda Lerman, God's Ear: A Novel, The Overlook Press, →ISBN

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   A little way before the tomb a small hut was erected where pilgrims could ask for their kvitls to be drawn up in exchange for a pidyan. It was believed that a kvitl drawn up by the petitioner was contrary to custom and lacked efficacy.

   1991, Gershon David Hundert, Essential Papers on Hasidism, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 525