Glatt Or Not?
There are words that lose their original definition over time and take on a different meaning. This is certainly true of Yiddish words that have become standard in our vocabulary.
Shechitah
The original meaning of glatt as meat from an animal with smooth, lesion-free lungs, and how the term came to mean a general high standard.
There are words that lose their original definition over time and take on a different meaning. This is certainly true of Yiddish words that have become standard in our vocabulary.