Balabusta
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Balabusta is a Yiddish expression describing a good homemaker among Ashkenazi Jews. The word derives from the Hebrew word ba'alat-habayit, meaning mistress of the house.
It usually has purely positive connotations,[1] although there are sources that claim otherwise.[2] The traditional role of the balabusta also includes, besides fulfilling the household duties for the family, its spiritual bonding and helping its members hold together.[3]
Variations on this word include the Yiddish Balabuste or Balabusteh and the Ladino Balabusha among Sephardi Jews.[4]
[edit] In popular culture
Martin Davidson's Rechnitzer Rejects group recorded a song titled "Balabustas", an homage to the traditional role set to the theme song of the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.
Socalled's song
[edit] See also
- Homemaker
- Jewish views of marriage
- List of English words of Yiddish origin
- Rebbetzin
- Role of women in Judaism
- Tzniut
[edit] References
- ^ "Modern Balabusta". http://www.modernbalabusta.com/home.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Website of Santa Barbara Jewish Festival". http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Balabusta Project". http://balabusta.com/. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Webster's Online Dictionary". http://www.websters-online-dictionary.com/translation/Judeo+Spanish/balabusha. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
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