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The Yiddish Voice Store is on vacation from Mon. Aug. 16 to Sun. Aug. 21, 2010. You can shop and place orders during this time, and they will be processed upon our return (on Mon. Aug. 22, 2010.)
The Yiddish Voice Store - Shop for Yiddish books, CDs, videos, computer software, and more. 100% of profits support The Yiddish Voice, the Yiddish-language radio show. WWW.YIDDISHSTORE.COM --- Order online, or call US Toll-Free (800) 943-9925
Yosef Guri: Let's Hear Only Good News: Yiddish Blessings and Curses -
Product Description
The 200 blessings and around 450 curses included in this dictionary are arranged alphabetically. The Yiddish entries are accompanied by their equivalent in Hebrew, Russian and English. Also added are literal translations (in Hebrew and English), for readers whose knowledge of the Yiddish language is at a minimum, but who would still like to know the actual ideas and images behind the Yiddish expressions.
The dictionary is illustrated by amusing drawings. Also included is an introductory essay in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and Russian on the blessings and curses � a subject almost never researched until now.
This genre of Yiddish folklore is evidence of the fertile imagination of the Yiddish speaker and their keen sense of humor, and will be eagerly welcomed by specialists and Yiddish lovers around the world. "May you grow like an onion with your head in the ground!" Or, as it goes in the original Yiddish: "Zolst vaksn vi a tzibele mitn kop in dr'erd!"
Published: January 2004 Magnes Press: Hebrew University paperback 280 pages
The dictionary is illustrated by amusing drawings. Also included is an introductory essay in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and Russian on the blessings and curses � a subject almost never researched until now.
This genre of Yiddish folklore is evidence of the fertile imagination of the Yiddish speaker and their keen sense of humor, and will be eagerly welcomed by specialists and Yiddish lovers around the world. "May you grow like an onion with your head in the ground!" Or, as it goes in the original Yiddish: "Zolst vaksn vi a tzibele mitn kop in dr'erd!"
Published: January 2004 Magnes Press: Hebrew University paperback 280 pages