rachmones

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rachmones (uncountable)

(Judaism) Mercy, compassion, pity.
- 1969, Philip Roth, “The Jewish Blues”, in Portnoy’s Complaint‎^[1], New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 75:
  We all haven’t been lucky enough to have been born Jews, you know. So a little rachmones on the less fortunate, okay?
- 2009 September 27, “‘Why Are Jews Liberals?’”, in New York Times‎^[2]:
  Jews are liberals because of rachmones, often translated as compassion, but really so much more.