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To: Sarah
What, exactly, is Yiddish? Is it related to Hebrew? It seems like a lot of New York Jewish phrases come from Yiddish.
19 posted on 12/22/2002 11:33:30 PM PST by krb
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To: krb
Yiddish is a combination:
Hebrew/ German The Jews from Europe spoke (speak still.)
39 posted on 12/23/2002 11:23:54 AM PST by Sarah
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