Heksher/Hechsher (1939)

[A. Maberry]

But these are all in Hebrew or Yiddish (or both). According to Reuben
Grossman's Milon 'Ivri-Angli shalem = Compendious Hebrew-English
Dictionary (Dvir, 1949) "hekhsher" is identified as a Mishnaic-Talmudic
period word.
It is included as an entry in David  Kimchi's (ca. 1160-ca. 1235)
Sefer ha-shorashim.
The word itself has been around a very long time, but maybe didn't appear
in an English language text, although I find it hard to believe.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> "Look for the special tag with the Hechsher attached to each can."
> (Typing error corrected from previous post on "pareve" from 1939--ed.)
>
>    I couldn't find "hechsher" or "heksher" in the OED or in Merriam-Webster.
> John Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD and Alan Davidson's OXFORD
> COMPANION TO FOOD don't have it.  Those books don't even mention "pareve"!
>    Google has 228 hits for "heksher" and 1,940 hits for "hechsher."
>    Below is the earliest "heksher" in the NYPL catalog and is of possible
> use:
>