Schreiem essen

English translation: having been invited for dinner

18:24 Oct 26, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Religion / Hasidic Jewish customs
German term or phrase: Schreiem essen
This term appears in the following sentence, in an autobiographical account of a Holocaust survivor as she tells about her childhood in the Hungarian town of Munkacs (now the Ukrainian town of Mukachevo):

Ich hab´ nur gehört, wie man erzählt hat, dass jeden Freitagabend die Chassidim [7] des Munkácser Rebben zu ihm gegangen sind ’Schreiem essen’

I assume it has something to do with the Hasidic Jews in the community (the town of Munkacs/Mukachevo) sharing the Friday evening meal before the Sabbath with the Munkacser Chief Rabbi or trying to invite the latter to share this meal with them, as being with the Chief Rabbi is considered a great honor, but I really don't know. Where the term appears in quotes, it may also be a colloquialism or a Yiddish expression. Or perhaps even misspelled; German isn't this lady's first language and her story was written down as she told it in her own words.
John Speese
United States
Local time: 02:05
English translation:having been invited for dinner
Explanation:
don't see how else you could translate this
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Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 08:05
Grading comment
Thanks, I'll keep the original term and put this explanation in brackets.
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having been invited for dinner


Explanation:
don't see how else you could translate this

Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 08:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, I'll keep the original term and put this explanation in brackets.
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