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  2. Mazel tov - Wikipedia

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    The Yiddish and Ashkenazic pronunciation of mazel has the stress on the first syllable while the Modern Hebrew word mazal has the stress on the last syllable. Mazel-tov is also used as a personal name. The phrase "mazel tov" is recorded as entering into American English from Yiddish in 1862, [2] pronounced / ˈ m ɑː z əl t ɒ v,-t ɒ f / MAH ...

  3. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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    Mazal tov / Mazel tov: מַזָּל טוֹב ‎ good luck/congratulations [maˈzal tov] [ˈmazəl tɔv] Hebrew/Yiddish Used to mean congratulations. Used in Hebrew (mazal tov) or Yiddish. Used on to indicate good luck has occurred, ex. birthday, bar mitzvah, a new job, or an engagement. [1]

  4. Mazel Tov (play) - Wikipedia

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    Mazel-tov (Yiddish: מזל טוב, Yiddish: mazel tov; Russian title either «Мазлтов» or «Поздравляем», 1889), is a one-act Yiddish-language play by Sholem Aleichem. [1] The play focuses on the relationship between servants, the cook Beyle, and the upstairs rich, the Landlord.

  5. List of Jewish actors - Wikipedia

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    A Dog's Way Home [48] Fred Hechinger: 1999– American News of the World, The Fear Street Trilogy [49] [50] Madison Iseman: 1997– American Tales of Halloween, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle [51] Carter Jenkins: 1991– American [52] Rachel Keller: 1992– American Legion, Fargo, The Society [53] Hunter King: 1993– American A Girl Like Her ...

  6. List of English words of Yiddish origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).

  7. Congratulations! (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Congratulations!, Op. 111) is a 1975 opera by Mieczysław Weinberg to his own Russian libretto after the Yiddish play Mazel Tov by Sholem Aleichem. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The plot follows closely the text of Aleichem's play, but emphasising the class conflict to placate the Soviet censor, for whom otherwise a Jewish topic may have proved problematic ...

  8. History of the Jews in Greater Columbus - Wikipedia

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    The community is home to many types of Jewish Institutions including schools, temples, and organizations. JewishColumbus is a leading organization and is a result of the merger of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Columbus Jewish Foundation [5] Synagogues in the region include: Ahavas Sholom - Orthodox, Bexley [6]

  9. Mikveh - Wikipedia

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    Some Jewish funeral homes have a mikveh for immersing a body during the purification procedure before burial. Immersion for men is more common in Hasidic communities, and done rarely in others, like German Jewish communities, where it is generally done only before the High Holidays .