rachmones

English

Etymology

Yiddish

Noun

rachmones (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) Mercy, compassion, pity.
    • 1969, Philip Roth, “The Jewish Blues”, in Portnoy’s Complaint‎, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 75:
      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:
      Jews are liberals because of rachmones, often translated as compassion, but really so much more.

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