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Mile Chai Books
Judaica |
Jewish - All
Purpose Yiddish Knowledge Card
Packed
with colorful words and phrases, covering everything from
religious holidays to biting insults, this deck of 48 Knowledge
Cards is rich in delectable definitions, a smattering of Jewish
history, a hint of insight into Jewish culture, and a heaping
teaspoon of salty humor. This charming and informative pekl (pack)
of common expressions is often poetic, sometimes earthy, and
always colorful.
Ira Steingroot manages the Judaica department at Cody's Books in
Berkeley, California. He is the author of Keeping Passover:
Everything You Need to Know to Bring the Ancient Tradition to
Life, and Create Your Own Passover |
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If
greeted with the phrase "Shalom Aleichem" - "peace be with you" - the
proper reply is "Aleichem Shalom". This is the traditional Jewish way of
saying hello and good-bye, as well as a familiar Friday night hymn
welcoming the Shabbos Angels.
It is also the pen name of Solomon Rabinovitz (1859-1916), the great
Yiddish author and humorist whose stories of Tevye der Milchiger, Tevye
the Dairyman, became the basis for the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Along
with Shalom Jacob Abramovich (1835-1917), Also known as Mendele Mokher
Seforim (Mendele Moykher the bookseller), and Isaac Leib Peretz
(1852-1915), he created modern Yiddish literature, Rabinovich was also
know as the Yiddish Mark Twain. After Rabinovitchz's immigration to the
United States, Twain met him in New York and said, "I am the American
Shalom Aleichem." His granddaughter, Bel Kauffman, wrote Up the Down
Staircase. |
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