lo aleinu
Meanings
intj
- may it not happen to us; an expression that indicates a desire that a previously mentioned negative thing not happen again or effect anyone else
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Etymology
From Yiddish לא־עלינו (loy oleynu) and Hebrew לֹא עָלֵינוּ (“lit. (may it) not [be] upon us”).
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