Schnorrer

thumb|"The King of Schnorrers" Manasseh da Costa (left) and his sidekick Yankele Schnorrer (שנאָרער; also spelled shnorrer) is a Yiddish pejorative term for a beggar who, unlike ordinary beggars, presents himself as respectable and feels entitled for the alms received.

==Historical== A large number of beggars appeared in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the pogroms of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, when many homes were destroyed. Schnorrers begged for themselves, for the dowries of poor brides (), or for the restoration of a house that had burned down. This practice was allowed even when it disrupted the public study of the Torah. Azriel Hildesheimer was described as the "international schnorrer" for his calls for philanthropy in many countries he visited.