darshan

[ dahr-shuhn; Sephardic Hebrew dahr-shahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew dahr-shuhn ]

noun,plural dar·sha·nim [Sephardic Hebrew dahr-shah-neem; Ashkenazic Hebrew dahr-shaw-nim], /Sephardic Hebrew ˌdɑr ʃɑˈnim; Ashkenazic Hebrew dɑrˈʃɔ nɪm/, dar·shans.Judaism.
  1. a preacher or teacher of Aggadah or Halakhah in a synagogue.

Origin of darshan

1
1915–20; <Hebrew darshān, akin to dārash interpret, expound

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