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"A Traditional Synagogue"1599 Virginia Street East Charleston, WV. 25311 |
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A DEYGE HOB IKH (uh-DAY-guh-hahb eeckh) I DON'T CARE- as in... Go do what you want. A deyge hob ikh. |
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A SHAYNEM DANK DIR IN PUPIK(uh-SHAI-nuhm DAHNK deer een POO-pik) Literally...Many Thanks In Your Bellybutton- usually used as sarcasm as in Another tie for My Birthday? A shaynem dank dir in pupik!! |
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A FAYER ZOL IM TREFN( uh FAI-ehr zohl eem TREHF-ehn) A Fire Should Burn Him-as in... How dare he say that t you ! A fayer zol im trefn!! |
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BATAMT(bah-TAHMTt) Tasty-as in... Take this dessert away from Me. It's so batampt I might eat the whole thing. |
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FEH ( FEH) ICK, YUCK-as in ... Feh! Time to change your diapers. |
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FORSHPAYZ ( FOHR-shpaiz) An Appetizer-as in ... "Don't fill up on forshpayzen[plural]. There's a big meal ahead. |
GUTTE YONTIF(GOOT-eh YOHN-tif) Literally: Good God Day;Happy Holiday- as in... Gutte Yontif Everybody!! |
METSIYE (meh-TSEE-yuh) A Bargain-as in ... "A metsiye it isn't. They raised it 20% so they could lower it 10. |
LANDSMAN (LAHNTZ-mahn) Someone from the same hometown;A Fellow Jewish Person- as in... Who would've thought with a name like that he's a landsman! |
OY VEY!! ( oy VAY) Oh Pain!- as in... He has to have another surgery? Oy vey! |
SHIKSA ( SHIK-suh) A Gentile Women- as in... Even though I'm a shiksa, I know a word or two of Yiddish. |
SHMALTZ(SHMALTZ)Chicken Fat;Melodrama...as in - This movie is swimming in SHMALTZ. |
SHPRITZ(SHPRITZ)=To spray;To squirt...as in- What a stink! Spritz it with some air freshener! |
TARARAM (tah-rah-RAHM) A big noise; A Big To-Do-as in... Everyone made a tararam when the box landed on the floor with a thud! |
And for a real treat, don't forget to visit THE YIDDISH RADIO PROJECT featuring the revolutionary "Yid-O-Matic" and listen to a Yiddish Radio Gem from days gone by. Think of it as "Close Captioning" for the World Wide Web. OKay... |
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