Meaning of bashow | Babel Free

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In matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes.

Judaism

Examples

“The dates often consist of a bashow, in which the boy and girl meet in one's home (with others in the house at the time to prevent yichud, as explained above) rather than going out […]”

“But some Footsteps members say that the organization has helped save their lives. For instance, Miriam Weiss (not her real name, 26, is a former Satmar Hasid raised in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim, who came to the U.S. with her family as a teen. At 22, she married a man she had met on one supervised 10-minute date, which is called a bashow. But she had other ambitions and did not feel ready for the life of a Satmar wife and mother.”

“Well, I'll never forget the very first thing your mother said to me during our bashow […] "Can you cook?"”

“Soon we were alerted that the Horowitzes were ready for us, and we walked over to Malky's apartment. The bashow was about to begin. Malky's apartment was small and warm, and as I walked in, I passed a small kitchen. On the countertop was a bottle of vodka and a cake, waiting to be shared once the engagement was final.”

“Worse, the director can’t decide if the characters are chasidic or Litvish. They wear fedoras (Litvish) but have sidecurls and beards (chasidic). Motti’s dates are similar to bashows, or chaperoned quasi-dates in one of the parents’ homes (chasidic). Also, how many chasidim go to college?”

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