A hand gesture used while reasoning out very complicated topics, especially when studying Talmud. The speaker does a kind of diagonal thumbs-down and then dips and turns their thumb in a half-circle so that they finish with the thumb pointing up.
Is the nighttime prayer optional or mandatory? If (*thumb dip*) the basis of the daily prayers is from our three forefathers, then the nighttime prayer has the same importance as all the others, and so it's mandatory. But if (*thumb dip*) the basis of the daily prayers is the offerings from the Temple, and we know (*thumb dip*) that no offerings were brought at night, so the nighttime prayer must be optional.
by grepx March 16, 2021
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Get the Gabe's Green Thumbmug. rotating the wrist with hand out straight so that the side of the tumb bangs on a desk. In a thumb thumb this is done twice in succession. This is used by teens taking their exams to signal to others around them they are finished and bored. This usually recquires another thumb thumb as a ressponse to show that it is understood and that the second person is also finished and bored.
by Jason Shettland March 22, 2009
Get the thumb thumbmug. by Trigger3866 May 20, 2021
Get the Kentucky Thumbmug. The act of the male partner sprinkling hot spices over his thumb, followed by him sticking it in the female’s vagina and keeping it there until she salutes.
by Coach George May 25, 2018
Get the General’s thumbmug.