האָרעוועןhoreven meaning in Yiddish

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to toil, to slave away at something · verb

Nobody horeves at a job they love. The word has sweat in it, and a little resentment, and the strong suspicion that it isn't paying off.

אַ גאַנצע וואָך האָרעוועט ער אין דער פֿאַבריק, און פֿרײַטיק בלײַבט ער אָן אַ גראָשן.

“All week he toils in the factory, and by Friday he's left without a penny.”

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Published 7 October 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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