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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).
Yiddish words and phrases in Jewish law (7 P) Pages in category "Yiddish words and phrases" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total.
There are several Jewish and Hebrew greetings, farewells, and phrases that are used in Judaism, and in Jewish and Hebrew-speaking communities around the world. Even outside Israel , Hebrew is an important part of Jewish life. [ 1 ]
Yiddish words and phrases used by English speakers. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. ... List of English words of Yiddish origin; Retrieved from ...
The Joys of Yiddish is a book containing a lexicon of common words and phrases of Yinglish—i.e., words originating in the Yiddish language that had become known to speakers of American English due to the influence of American Ashkenazi Jews. It was originally published in 1968 and written by Leo Rosten. [1] [2]
This offsets, for example, misperceptions that can result from failure to note the Hebrew origin of a word that may have become widely known in Anglophone contexts via Yiddish, and may be, therefore, simply regarded as Yiddish. (This problem is illustrated in the list of English words of Yiddish origin.) [citation needed]
Since this category currently contains both Hebrew and Yiddish words, I propose that its name be changed to reflect that fact. Big Mac 11:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC) I think that it is best to keep only Yiddish words here, removing Hebrew words which are used when speaking Yiddish. Chesdovi 14:27, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
The common Yiddish joke is that the schlemiel is the one that spills the soup, the schlimazel is the one that the soup lands on (see [3], for one example). Basically, the schlemiel is an active participant in their own bad luck, whereas bad things just happen to the schlimazel.
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