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bashow

bashow noun: in matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes.

Noun

bashow (plural bashows)

  1. (Judaism) In matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes.
    • 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 […]2012, Kiki Beth Ehrenpreis, "Obesity and Dating in the Orthodox Jewish Community; The Role of Self-Esteem and Religious Coping", thesis submitted to Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
    • 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...2013 November 29, Debra Nussbaum Cohen, “Off-road Jews: A Helping Hand for Those Who Stray From the ultra-Orthodox Path”, in Haaretz, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2025

Examples of bashow in a sentence

  • At 22, she married a man she had met on one supervised 10-minute date, which is called a bashow.2013 November 29, Debra Nussbaum Cohen, “Off-road Jews: A Helping Hand for Those Who Stray From the ultra-Orthodox Path”, in Haaretz...
  • Well, I'll never forget the very first thing your mother said to me during our bashow […] "Can you cook?"2014, Una LaMarche, Like No Other, page 184:
  • Motti’s dates are similar to bashows, or chaperoned quasi-dates in one of the parents’ homes (chasidic).2019 November 19, Eli Reiter, “New Shiksa, Same Old Chasidic Stereotypes”, in New York Jewish Week, archived from the original on 15 Jun...

Forms of bashow

pluralbashows

Questions about bashow

What does bashow mean?
Bashow means in matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes.
How do you use bashow in a sentence?
At 22, she married a man she had met on one supervised 10-minute date, which is called a bashow.
What part of speech is bashow?
Bashow is a noun.
What is the plural of bashow?
The plural of bashow is bashows.

Words near bashow in the dictionary

  1. Bashor
  2. Bashore
  3. Bashores
  4. Bashors
  5. bashos
  6. bashow
  7. bashows
  8. bashtag
  9. bashtags
  10. Bashtanka
  11. bashy

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