Chutzpah

Chutzpah [ xʊtspə ], even chutzpah (from the Yiddish חוצפה [ chutzpah ] of Hebrew חצפה [ chutzpah ] for " impudence, insolence, impudence, insolence " borrowed ) is a mixture of targeted, intelligent insolence, charming penetrance and irresistible audacity.

In Hebrew, the term contains a negative feedback for someone who exceeds the limits of courtesy and / or decency of selfish motives. In Yiddish and in most European languages ​​swings recognition of a form of social boldness with. Here we speak in particular of chutzpah, if someone is still trying to knock out something for yourself in a situation really lost with audacity.

Examples

The importance can be well illustrated by examples.

Reb Nachum is a significant scribe of the Jewish: the dialogue between the beggar Reb Nachum (. In Yiddish everyday language is Reb for " rabbi " ) and the rabbi of the village in Fiddler on the Roof (in which even the naming of the beggars of chutzpah evidence is often cited tradition ):

RN: " A charitable gift, Lord, a charitable gift, please!" Rabbi: " Because, Reb Nachum, you have a kopeck. " R. N.: " Whaaat, only a kopeck? Last week, you gave me two. " Rabbi: " Ooj ... I had a bad week. " RN: " Like if you have a bad week, should I suffer? "

Another example of chutzpah is the story of the man who kills his father and mother and then the judge asks for mitigating circumstances, as he was indeed an orphan.

A Jewish joke defines and illustrates both chutzpah as: