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Examples
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Some sway back and forth - "shuckling" in Yiddish - while reading psalms.
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The bowing and prostrating was not altogether different from the shuckling (rhythmic swaying) commonly done during Jewish prayer.
Leora Tanenbaum: Nice Jewish Girl Attends Jum'a Before Shabbat 2008
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"BROTHER Pierce!" suggested Winch, in a half-shuckling undertone.
The Damnation of Theron Ware Harold Frederic 1877
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One of this year’s campers had shuckling — the rhythmic prayer-rocking usually done by fervently Orthodox men — perfected.
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At every Kallah, there’s a line of bearded frummies outside the tent shuckling over their little ArtScrolls, and across the way, a very mixed minyan is doing yoga versions of the Hebrew letters.
Fringe People 2003
yarb commented on the word shuckling
"I don't think my salary is under discussion, Mr. Pierce--"
"BROTHER Pierce!" suggested Winch, in a half-shuckling undertone.
- Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware, ch. 3
I'm stumped all ends up by this. "Shuckle" seems to describe a rhythmic movement of the body in Jewish prayer, which makes nil to zero sense here.
July 31, 2008
alef commented on the word shuckling
I had a self defining experience which illustrated this word "shokeling" or "shuckling." As I labored in prayer for all that was important and dear to me in life I spontaneously adopted this posture swaying back and forth in prayer. It wasn't until months later that I discovered this gesturing was common among devout Jews. Here's a link to its definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuckling
February 9, 2012