shalom aleichem

[ Sephardic Hebrew shah-lawm ah-le-khem; Ashkenazic Hebrew shaw-luhm ah-ley-khem, ah-ley-khem, shah-lohm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

, Hebrew.

peace to you: a conventional Jewish greeting, the reply being aleichem shalom.

shalom aleichem

/ ʃəˈlɒm əˈleɪxəm; ʃaˈlɔm aˈlexɛm /

peace be to you: used by Jews as a greeting or farewell Often shortened toshalom

My dream is to read 'Tuvia the Milkman' by Shalom Aleichem in its original language.

"Shalom Aleichem," he began, his tongue faltering a little over the old Hebrew greeting he had not used for so long.

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