mishpachah


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Noun1.mishpachah - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends)mishpachah - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha"
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Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, kin, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage
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Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition
Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition
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