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Originally Posted by judy
Me too! I'd love to take a course in different religions. I will, one of these days.
No Angie - I don't think I know more than one Hebrew word - Shalom - which means hello, and I think goodbye also. Most European Jews speak Yiddish, which is a combo of German and ???? I know a couple of phrases - shaina maidala (sp?) means pretty girl. Zeis means sweet. I can't have too intense a conversation with those few!
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Yiddish is a combination of German and Hebrew. Very interesting actually! There's also a dying language (less than 200 people globally can speak proficiently) called Ladino, which is a combination of Spanish and Hebrew. It appeared during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella when the Jews were persecuted. It was a way to "hide" their religion. (That's all from memory, so if any of that information is incorrect, I apologize!)