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chutzpah
We once had an assistant youth director at the church where my husband pastors, who had a lot of what we Yiddish speakers call “chutzpah” – basically guts and nerve on steroids. At his first leadership-team meeting (online due to… Continue Reading →
“Chutzpah” – pronounced “HUTZ (like clearing your throat) -pah”—a Yiddish word meaning “guts, nerve, courage, moxy” on steroids. Word we Jews would explain to our non-Jewish friends like this: “Nerve is stealing a man’s wallet from his back pocket. Chutzpah… Continue Reading →
