Balabusta

"Balabusta" is a Yiddish expression describing the good homemaker among Ashkenazi Jews. The word derives from the Hebrew word "ba'alat-habayit".

In contradistinction to the English terms "housewife" or "homemaker", it usually has purely positive connotationscite website| title=Modern Balabusta| url=http://www.modernbalabusta.com/home.htm |accessdate= 2007-12-03 |quote= ] , although there are sources that claim otherwisecite website| title=Website of Santa Barbara Jewish Festival| url=http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm |accessdate= 2007-12-03 |quote= ] . 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.cite website| title=Balabusta Project| url=http://balabusta.com/ |accessdate= 2007-12-03 |quote= ] .

Variations on this word include the Yiddish "Balabuste" or "Balabusteh" and the Ladino "Balabusha" among Sephardi Jews. cite website| title=Webster's Online Dictionary| url=http://www.websters-online-dictionary.com/translation/Judeo+Spanish/balabusha |accessdate= 2007-12-03 |quote= ] .

ee also

*Homemaker
*Jewish views of marriage
*List of English words of Yiddish origin
*Rebbetzin
*Role of women in Judaism
*Tzniut

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