bashow

In matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes.

Noun

  1. In matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes.
    • The dates often consist of a bashow, in which the boy and girl meet in one's home (with others in the house at the time to prevent yichud, as explained above) rather than going out […] - 2012, Kiki Beth Ehrenpreis,...
    • But some Footsteps members say that the organization has helped save their lives. For instance, Miriam Weiss (not her real name, 26, is a former Satmar Hasid raised in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim, who came to the U.S. with...
    • Well, I'll never forget the very first thing your mother said to me during our bashow […] "Can you cook?" - 2014, Una LaMarche, Like No Other, page 184:

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