Meaning of shanda | Babel Free
Examples
“Oi, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a Mohel. It's so chewy.”
“A shanda is humiliation and embarrassment one's misdeed suffers upon one's family. In our faith, a shanda is a terrible sin.”
“They don't learn about their heritage. They don't learn about Israel. It's a shanda.”
“My parents are Orthodox Jews. To them, intermarriage is considered a shanda.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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