The Joys of Yiddish

MISHPOCHA- the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) “she invited the whole mishpocha” synonyms: mishpachah. type of: clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe. group of people related by blood or marriage… #yiddish #weirdwordwednesday

So, Littens… ♥️😘

CBee

CBee Aw 🥲🥲 3mo

AmyG This is a memory. I can hear my mother-in-law‘s voice in my head. ❤️ 3mo

TheBookHippie @AmyG I hope that is a good thing! 3mo

AmyG Ha, yes. My MIL was a lovely woman (though not without her faults. 🤣) 3mo

dabbe 🤩😍😀 3mo

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TheBookHippie

The Joys of Yiddish | Leo Rosten

Pictured is the English translation of a prayer written in Arabic and Hebrew - “The Prayer of the Mothers,” is co-written by Sheikha Ibtisam Mahameed and Rabba Tamar Elad-Appelbaum and translated by Amichai Lau-Lavie.

Tikvah - HOPE

🕯️ Licht - ליכט
Licht - ליכט \LICHT\ Noun:
A light

https://opensiddur.org/prayers/collective-welfare/shalom/prayer-of-mothers-for-l...

TheBookHippie #wednesdaywords @CBee 6mo

CBee This is beautiful ❤️ 6mo

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TheBookHippie

The Joys of Yiddish | Leo Rosten

🙃🙃🙃 #weirdwordwednesday

CBee

CBee Well, I‘ve got em, but they‘re not cute 😂😂 10mo

TheBookHippie @CBee We are Gezunt - געזונט \ge-ZUNT\ Adjective:
Healthy, well, strong, buxom, wholesome, robust. ♥️♥️👀😂😅 10mo

CatLass007 I think I‘ll say I‘m buxom. More Yiddish, please. 10mo

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TheBookHippie @CatLass007 🙃 I post Yiddish every Wednesday and when I talk 😂🙃 (edited) 10mo

CBee @TheBookHippie I‘ll take it 😂 10mo

CBee @CatLass007 I do #weirdwords every Wednesday and Christine @TheBookHippie is our Yiddish teacher 😊💚 10mo

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie @CBee That‘s marvelous! 10mo

CBee @CatLass007 I can start tagging you in my posts if you‘d like! No pressure to participate 😊 10mo

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Yossarian

The Joys of Yiddish | Leo Rosten

Me, helping my daughter with her vocabulary homework. It's sometimes like we're not native speakers.

Nuwanda I personally feel "schmutz" says it best. 7y

RiotMom Schmutz is one of my favorite words. 7y

Yossarian @Nuwanda @RiotMom I never know if the Yiddish/ Yinglish words "count" as English words or not. Is "schmutz" in the dictionary. Or Schnook or Schnorer? 7y

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Nuwanda @Yossarian They at least seem to be included in official online dictionaries like Merriam-Webster. 7y

Nuwanda And they are listed as North American terms with Yiddish origins. 7y

tournevis Hey, I'm a native Francophone and I know what schmutz is. It's the same thing as schnoot. 7y

Cinfhen That's hilarious 😂 7y

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