Czech to English translations [PRO] Religion / Zrejme jidis vyraz
Czech term or phrase:gabe
Prekladam stare genealogicke informace do anglictiny.
Context... obchodnik v Trutnove a gabe
Je to zidovska rodina, takze predpokladam, ze je to nejaka funkce nebo cinnost spojena s zidovskym nabozenstvim.
Explanation: (pl., gabbaim) (a) person responsible for the proper functioning of a synagogue or other communal body; (b) a kind of organizing secretary to a Rebbe.
treasurer or honorary official of a Jewish Orthodox congregation, often placed in charge of funds used for charity. The office is a carry-over from former times, when men whose reputations were above reproach collected funds for charity. These gabba'e tzedaqa were so esteemed that no financial reports were ever asked for. The word Gabe comes from Hebrew not German
Explanation: prelozeno z nemciny (jidis je na bazi nemciny)
Klara Hurkova Germany Local time: 19:44 Native speaker of: Czech
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Explanation: (pl., gabbaim) (a) person responsible for the proper functioning of a synagogue or other communal body; (b) a kind of organizing secretary to a Rebbe.
treasurer or honorary official of a Jewish Orthodox congregation, often placed in charge of funds used for charity. The office is a carry-over from former times, when men whose reputations were above reproach collected funds for charity. These gabba'e tzedaqa were so esteemed that no financial reports were ever asked for. The word Gabe comes from Hebrew not German
Kris Nowicki Poland Local time: 19:44 Native speaker of: Polish, Hebrew PRO pts in category: 8
Explanation: "There was a time when the treasurer (the gabbe) of the synagogue was one of the authorities....
...the treasurer was second after the Rabbi; he was one of the seven dignataries of the town".
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Maria Chmelarova United States Local time: 13:44 Native speaker of: Slovak PRO pts in category: 4