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Yeshivish glossary term

bentsch

בענטשן

Meaning

  • recite Grace after Meals
  • say a blessing
  • bless

Alternate spellings

bentch, bentsh, bench, bensch

Usage and context

In everyday Orthodox speech, it most often means reciting Birkat Hamazon, the formal Grace after Meals, after eating bread. In other phrases it can mean to say a blessing.

Category
religious practice
Language origin
Yiddish

Example in Yeshivish

We should bentsch before everyone leaves.

Plain-English example

We should recite Grace after Meals before everyone leaves.