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l'chaim

or ·⾱, ··⾱, ··⾱

[ Ashkenazic Hebrew luh-khah-yim; Sephardic Hebrew luh-khah-yeem ]

noun

Hebrew.
  1. a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.


l'chaim

/ əˈɑᾱ /

interjection

  1. a variant spelling of lechaim
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of l'chaim1

əḥaī literally, “to life”
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Example Sentences

In telling another joke about how Jews cheer while drinking, Chappelle said “l’chaim,” or “to life” in Hebrew, which another man shouted back from the audience.

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“I wake up to my crime daily and I’ve never gone a day without sincere remorse for the hurt I’ve caused,” Murphy wrote in a message earlier this year he sent to Michael Zoosman, who had corresponded with Murphy and is co-founder of L’chaim!

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They saw in the social structure, to quote another "Fiddler" classic, "something to think about, something to drink about, drink l'chaim, to life."

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To coin one of Fiddler's most famous lines - To life, to life, l'chaim!

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“L’chaim,” he echoed, tapping glasses with me.

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