Yeshivish glossary term
menachem avel
מנחם אבל
Meaning
- comfort a mourner
- person or act of consoling a mourner, depending on construction
Alternate spellings
menachem aveil
Usage and context
Commonly appears in the phrase “to be menachem avel,” meaning to pay a condolence visit.
- Category
- mourning - condolence
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
We went to be menachem avel.
Plain-English example
We went to comfort the mourner.