Balabusta

Balabusta is a Yiddish expression describing a good homemaker among Ashkenazi Jews. The word derives from the Hebrew word ba'alat-habayit.
In contradistinction to the English terms "housewife" or "homemaker", it usually has purely positive connotations, although there are sources that claim otherwise. The traditional role of the balabusta also includes, besides fulfilling the household duties for the family, its spiritual bonding and helping its members hold together.
Variations on this word include the Yiddish Balabuste or Balabusteh and the Ladino Balabusha among Sephardi Jews.
The word balabusta comes from the Hebrew ba'al habayit, meaning master of the house.
== In popular culture ==
Martin Davidson's Rechnitzer Rejects group recorded a song titled "Balabustas", an homage to the traditional role set to the theme song of the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.
==See also==
*List of English words of Yiddish origin
*Rebbetzin
*Women in Judaism
*Tzniut
==References==
Category:Ashkenazi Jews topics
Category:Hebrew words and phrases
Category:Judaism and women
Category:Yiddish words and phrases