UID:
kobvindex_JMB00036728
Format:
34, 171, 75 Seiten
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Ill.
Edition:
2., verb. Aufl.
ISBN:
9659025025
Content:
"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 der erd!" That's just one of the colorful curses to be found in the new book, Let's Hear Only Good News: Yiddish Blessings and Curses, by Dr. Josef Guri of the University's Department of Russian and Slavic Studies. Among the blessings is the familiar "zolst zein gezunt" - "good health to you," one of many similar expressions wishing another party well. All told, there are 200 blessings and 450 curses in this folkloric work, which is illustrated with amusing drawings. The items are listed alphabetically in Yiddish, with the equivalent expressions in English, Hebrew and Russian.
Language:
Hebrew
URL:
http://www.hunews.huji.ac.il/articles.asp?cat=9&artID=192
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