shtiebel

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From Yiddish שטיבל (shtibl, small room/house, informal synagogue), diminutive of שטוב (shtub) + ־ל (-l) from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubō.

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shtiebel (plural shtieblach)

  1. (Judaism) A small, informal synagogue or shul.
    • 2004 November 16, Micha Berger, “Kosher Commercial Kitchen”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated[1] (Usenet):
      My brother's aufruf was last Shabbos as my father's shul, a shteibl he has attended since the early 60s (my beris was there, my bar mitzvah, my own aufruf, one of my sons' beris was there, etc...)
    • 2017 October 2, Batsheva Neuer, “Return of the Shtiebel: Why Old-School Synagogues Are Making A Comeback”, in Forward[2]:
      The shtiebel fits that niche. Less structured than the large congregations, shtieblach offer a built-in community where everybody knows your name, but long-term expectations are low.