kvitel

English

Noun

kvitel (plural kvitels or kvitelach or kvitelech)

1. Alternative form of kvitl
   • 1994, E. M. Broner, Mornings and mourning, page 134:

     I am gathering up kvitels, written notes, to take to the Western Wall.

   • 1997, Jeffrey M. Cohen, 1,001 Questions and Answers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jason Aronson, →ISBN, page 282:

     [...] no person's name should be mentioned on its own, for intercession on his or her behalf, since this will focus the attention of the accuser on that person, hence, the idea of the collective kvitels — the "safety in numbers syndrome" — [...]