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| '''Yenta''' is a ] word referring to a busybody or gossip. It was also the name of the matchmaker in the ] ] '']''. | '''Yenta''' is a ] word referring to a ] or ]. It was also the name of the ] in the ] ] '']''. | ||
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Yenta is a Yiddish word referring to a busybody or gossip. It was also the name of the matchmaker in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof.
Among Orthodox Jews, the use of the word "Yenta" in the derogatory sense is considered by some as lashon hara (Hebrew for "evil tongue", the Jewish sin of gossip which generally refers to true statements).
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