Let’s Hear Only Good News: Yiddish Blessings and Curses
Product DescriptionSHENISHMA BSOROT TOVOT. A first attempt is made here to portray this folklore genre in Yiddish lexicography. The 200 blessings and around 450 curses included in this dictionary are arranged alphabetically. The Yiddish entries are accompanied by their equivalent in Hebrew, Russian and English. Also added are literal translations (in Hebrew and English), for readers whose...
Read MoreBirkat Hamazon: Sheva Brachot, Brit milah, Seudat Chiyat HaMatim, Yiddish language, Bread, Transliteration, Wheat, Matzo, Spelt, Pizza, List of Jewish … blessings, Shabbat, Conservative Judaism
Product DescriptionBirkat Hamazo known in English as the Grace After Meals is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Law prescribes following a meal that includes bread or matzoh made from one or all of wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt. It is a matter of rabbinic dispute whether Birkat Hamazon must be said after eating certain other bread-like foods such as pizza. Though technically a series...
Read MoreBlessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish
Product DescriptionIn this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotions. It is a rarity among scholarly books, for it brings joy while it teaches; it makes us smile, sometimes roar with laughter, while it develops the most rigorous linguistic argumentation. The author analyzes the many kinds of Yiddish...
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