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A shidduch often begins with a recommendation from family members, friends, or others who see matchmaking as a mitzvah, or commandment. Some engage in it as a profession and charge a fee for their services. Usually, a professional matchmaker is called a shadchan, but anyone who makes a shidduch is considered the shadchan for it.
The term Ashkenazi also refers to the nusach Ashkenaz ( Hebrew, "liturgical tradition", or rite) used by Ashkenazi Jews in their Siddur (prayer book). A nusach is defined by a liturgical tradition's choice of prayers, the order of prayers, the text of prayers, and melodies used in the singing of prayers.
1876–1908. Abraham Goldfaden ( Yiddish: אַבֿרהם גאָלדפֿאַדען; born Avrum Goldnfoden; 24 July 1840 – 9 January 1908), also known as Avram Goldfaden, was a Russian -born Jewish poet, playwright, stage director and actor in Yiddish and Hebrew languages and author of some 40 plays. Goldfaden is considered the father of modern ...
A satirical song, lyrics by a Veli Shargorodskii about the war experience of a Jewish soldier in 1943–44; ends with the words "Hitler is kaput!" (Hitler is done for!, a phrase learned by heart by every Soviet person by the end of the war, because that's what surrendering Germans repeated like a mantra.) [2]
M. Yiddish masculine given names (2 P) Yiddish-language names. Given names by language. Jewish given names.
Tools. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anti-Yiddish sentiment is a negative attitude towards Yiddish. Opposition to Yiddish may be motivated by antisemitism. Jewish opposition to Yiddish has often come from advocates of the Haskalah, Hebraists, Zionists, and assimilationists .
אױסדערװײלטע אַרטיקלען. קאמוניזם, טייטש: א טעאריע און סיסטעם פון סאציאלע און פאליטישע ארגאניזאציע וועלכע איז געווען א הויפט קראפט אין וועלטליכע פאליטיק פאר רוב יארן אינעם 20סטן יאר-הונדערט ...