rachmones
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish
Noun
rachmones
- Mercy, compassion, pity.
- 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, 1994, “The Jewish Blues,” p. 75,[1]
- We all haven’t been lucky enough to have been born Jews, you know. So a little rachmones on the less fortunate, okay?
- 2009 September 27, “‘Why Are Jews Liberals?’”, in New York Times[2]:
- Jews are liberals because of rachmones, often translated as compassion, but really so much more.
- 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, 1994, “The Jewish Blues,” p. 75,[1]