Mama loshen
SHAMMY
a biseleh - a very little-un poquito
A broch! - Oh hell! Damn it!- jodido
A broch tsu mir! - Oy! I've been cursed.-me jodi
A chazer bleibt a chazer! - A pig remains a pig!-un chancho se queda chancho
a dank - thanks, thank you-gracias
A deigeh hob ich? - Is it my worry?-Es mi problema
A feier zol im trefen - He should burn up!-Que se queme
A gezunt dahf dein kop! - Good health to you!-la salud nesecita cabeza
ahf tsores - in trouble-con problemas
aidel - cultured- cultural
alte padle -old hen/old goat /
alter kucker - old person, very derogatory-viejo cagon
azoy? - really?-haci?
bagels - Invented in Chelm, nothing like the doughy globs sold in North
American supermarkets/hard circular roll with a hole in the center.-bunuelos
balebatisheh yiden - Respectable Jews of good substance and
standing.-algunos de Bolivia.
balebosteh - housewife/hostess/capable homemaker/matriach-ama de casa
ben zona - Son of a prostitute.-hijo de p...
bialys - like bagels, more gluten flour-otros bunuelos
blintses/blintzes - Cheese or jellied pancakes rolled in dough and fried
in fat.-que rico!
bobbeh/bubbee - grandmother-abuela
bobbeh maise-old wives tale
bocher - bachelor/unmarried man/young man-el Gilush
borsht - beet or cabbage soup-sopa
boychik - young boy-chango
Brech a fus!- Break a leg!-romper un pie
bris - circumcision of Jewish male
bupkas - (Lit "beans") nothing-un cacacho
chazerai - junk (lit. "pig stuff")/unpalatable/rotten-una cagada
chochem - wise man (slang) - a wise guy-pendejo
chosser daieh - feeble-minded
chutzpah - audacity/utter nerve-
Danken G-t! - Thank G-d!
daven - pray
Dershtikt zolstu verem! - You should choke on it!-que te ahoges!
draikop - Scatterbrain; one who tends to confuse you; one who connives-
and twists the facts to serve his own purpose.-otro pendejo
Drai zich! - Keep moving!-en movimiento
drek - trash/manure or excrement-mierda
Drek ahf a shpendel! - As unimportant as dung on a piece of wood!
Drek mit koshere fudem-una comida tipica
Du bis a Yid? Gey gezunt! - Are you Jewish? Go in good health!
dumkop - dumbell/dunce-cojudo
dybbuk - Soul condemned to wander for a time in this world because of
its sins. The dybbuk seeks refuge in the body of some pious person over
whom the demons have no power. The dybbuk is a Cabalistic conception.
ech - A groan/a disparaging exclamation.
Ei, gut - Great! Just great!-Buenisimo
einhoreh - evil eye-mal de ojo
eizel - fool/dope-huevon
er hot ge-chaleshed -he fainted
Er frest vi a ferd - He eats like a horse.-El traga como un caballo.
es/essen - eat-
es vet zich oys-hailen far der chasseneh: It will heal in time for the
wedding. (Told even to a child when s/he gets hurt. The implication is
that marriage is a cure-all).
faigeleh - little bird/slang for homosexual-maricon
fardeiget - distressed/worried/anxiety
fargel - noodle dough, grated or chopped into barley sized grains
fargenigen - pleasure-tesoro
farkuckt - dungy, sh*tty-cagado
farmatert - tired-cansado
farmisht - mixed up emotionally/befudled-confundido
Farshtaist? - You understand?-Comprendes?
farshtunken - smells bad, stinky-hediondo
far-tshadikt (far-kalajt) - confused, bewildered-senil
flaishik/flaishidik - Meat or meat ingredients (must not be eaten at the
same meal with dairy foods).
foigel - smart guy-pedejisimo
fressen - Eat like a pig, devour!-tragar
fresser - a big eater/gourmand.-tragon
frum - pious/religious/devout-religioso
Gai avek! - Go away!-vete
gey kakking afen yam--- go do your business in the ocean.
gai gezunterhait - bon voyage/good-by-chau
Gai plats! - Go split your guts!-revientate
ganef - crook/thief/burglar/swindler-ladron
ganster k'nacker! - Big shot!-creido
gantser mentsh/mench - manly/a whole man/a complete man-todo una persona
gatkes - long winter underwear-calzon que usan las cholas
gebrenteh tsores - utter misery-jodidisimo
gefilte fish - Stuffed fish, usually made of chopped fish, onions and
seasoning, and cooked in salt water.
Gey kaken!-go away!-anda a cagar!
Gey mit ayn fuss! - Break a leg!
gelt - money-plata
gelt gait tzu gelt - money goes to money-plata va a plata
Genuk iz genuk! - Enough is enough!-basta es basta
geshmak - tasty/delicious-antojito
get - divorce
gezunterhait - in good health-con salud
goilem - dull person/clumsy and sluggish/mechanical/robot/mythical
person made of mud-insipido
gey shlofn-vete a dormir
gelt-plata
gornisht mit gurnisht- no vale nada
goy - non-Jewish person-gentil
goyem - plural of 'goy'
goyish/goyisha - not very Jewish
goyishe kop!-not so inteligent
idishe Kop!= inteligent!
gribenes - small crisp pieces left from rendered poultry fat or skin, fried
Gut Shabbes! - Good Sabbath!
Gut yontev! - Good holiday!
haken a tsheinik - Boring, long-winded and annoying conversation/talking
for the sake of talking.-
Halevei! - Would that it came true!-ojala
ich hob fargessen - I forgot- se me olvido
Ich hob in drerd! - To hell with it!-me cago!
ipish - bad odor/stink-los colectivos
kemfer - fighter (usually for a cause)-macho
kishka - stuffed derma-intestino
kitsel - tickle -cosquilla
klaperkeh - talkative woman-yajne,yenta
klemt beim hartz - clutches at my heartstrings
klotz/klutz - ungraceful, awkward, clumsy person- otro cojudo
k'naidel - round dumplings usually made of matzoh meal and cooked in soup
knishes - dumplings filled with potato, meat, liver or barley
kolboynik - know it all-sabelo todo
nisht kosher - muy bueno
kugel - casserole dish or baked desert-(JAP) senorita con pura pinta y nada
por dentro.
kuntz-truco
kreftig-saludable
kvetch - complain-
lamden - scholar, learned man
latke - Heaven on earth... potato pancakes!
Le'chaim! - To life!
levevah - plural for latke
Lig in drerd! - Get lost! Drop dead!-jodete
loch in kop - hole in the head
lokshen - noodles/pasta-dolares
lox - smoked salmon
majer - A big shot/man with contacts-uno con muneca
maidel - girl
mamzer - bastard
maiven-pendejo,conocedor
mazel - luck
mazel tov - congratulations
mechitzoh - the physical barrier that separates men and women in
orthodox synagogues
Mama loshon -mother tongue,
megillah-long history-historia
mench - a nice gentleman-
meshuga - crazy
metchie-
mies - ugly-feo
miskait-fea
mies un mos - tedious/obnoxious
mikveh - ritual cleansing bath (for women)
mishegas - craziness-locura
mishpocheh - family/relatives
mitzvah (mitsveh/Yiddish) - good deed
Mohel - The individual who performs the circumcision of a Jewish male.
mumcheh - expert
naches - Joy! Gratification, especially from children.
nebish - a nerd!-otro cojudo
neshomeleh - sweetheart/darling/sweet soul
Nishtu gedacht! - It shouldn't happen!/G-d forbid! (Lit., May we be
saved from it! [sad event])
nishtgutnick - no good person
nishtikeit - A nobody!
Nisht alleh tsores kumen fun himmel.-Not all troubles come from heaven.
Nu? - So? Well?
nudje - annoying person, badgerer
nudnik - pesty nagger, a bore, obnoxious person
och! - Exclamation of surprise, dismay or disapproval.
Oi vai iz mir! - Woe is me!
ongepatchket-mess
ongetrunken - drunk
opgeflickt - Done in! Suckered! (Lit., plucked out like a chicken)
osnitzer- user/take advantage
oy - Denotes disgust, pain, astonishment or rapture.
oy gevalt-
oysgehorevet - exhausted
parach- a parasite
petseleh - little penis (affectionately applied to infant boy)
pisher - very young boy/can be an insult
pisk-boca grande
pishteppel - pee pot
pletzels - usually onion flavored flat breads
plotz - fall over in despair
potch - a little slap
potz-huevon
proster oilem/proste menchn - common people
pupik - Belly button!
pushkeh - poor box (In every traditional Jewish home, odd coins are put
in this, particularly on Friday afternoon before the Sabbath begins;
money is used for the support of philanthropic and educational
institutions).
Rachov Tsimtsim - Sesame Street
Rav - Rabbi/religious leader of the community.
Reb - Title given to a learned and respected man.
Rebiniu - Term of endearment for a Rabbi.
Rebitzin - Rabbi's wife
rosheh - mean, evil person Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur - Jewish High Holy Days
Shabbes goy - Someone doing the dirty work for others. (Lit., gentile
doing work for a Jew on Sabbath)
schmaltzy - sentimental/corny
schmuck - not a nice person/also male genitalia (literal)
schvitz - perspire (verb)
Shabbot/Shabbas - The Jewish sabbath.
shadchen - matchmaker or marriage broker
shainkeit - beauty
shammas - The guardian of the Synagogue
shanda - outrage or shame i.e. 'that's a shame'
shaygitz - non Jewish man (Pl. Shkootzim)
shayna - pretty (f.) (shayn m.)
shepleffel - spatula
shikeh - drunk
shikseh - - Non-Jewish female (also used to imply a wild or impious
Jewish female).
shimmel - mould
shin men - name
shlemazl - an unlucky person
shlemil/ojlap - a fool/always screwing up
shlep - carry
shlimazel - luckless person/incompetent person/one who has perpetual bad
luck
shmaltz - fat or greese/flattery(slang)/to sweet talk
shmata - rag, old clothing
shmear - bribe
shmootz - dirt
shnorrer - leech,somebody who laps up the hard rolls, herring and schnapps
after the weekend kiddush, but he doesn't contribute a dime
more than he absolutely must./A beggar who makes pretensions to
respectability;
moocher- a parasite, but always with resourcefulness in getting money from
others
as though it was his own.
shpilkes - Lit. needles - nervousness, hyperactivity
shtetl - small Jewish village
shtick - routine i.e. Senfield has a good shtick
shtup - push, shove/vulgarism for sexual intercourse
shvais - persperation (noun)
shvitz - sweat
shvizer-alaraco
tanta - Aunt
tateleh - little darling
tei-yerinkeh - sweetheart/dearest
toches-lecker - A person who will do anything to gain favor/a*s kisser!-
toochie/tojes - buttocks, behind, fanny
traif - not kosher
tsooris/tsuris - troubles/misery
tut mir hanoeh - it gives me pleasure (also used sarcastically)
tut vai dos harats - heartbroken
tumul-bulla,confucion
tzimmes - a carrot based side dish-confucion
um-be-rufen - unqualified, uncalled for/G-d forbid/a deprecation to ward
off evil
utz - to goad/to needle
Vat? - What?-vus?-Que?
Ve gates - How goes?
vey/vai - woe, pain; usually appears as "oy vai"
yarmulke - skull cap
yenta - busybody/one who gossips
Yid - Jew
zaftik - pleasantly plump and pretty/well-stacked/sensuous looking
zayde/zaide - grandfather
zei mir gezunt - Be well!
zetz/schos- a slap
DAVID COHEN
wrote:
Hey, thanks a million, I was looking for such a yiidish dictionary of
terms for a long time. Now I got it and free :-)
Thanks again
David Cohen
Phillip Sego
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Below are samples of the two glossaries. Besides the addition of a few
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**Plagiarized Text (excerpt)
a bisel - a little-un poco
a biseleh - a very little-un poquito
A broch! - Oh hell! Damn it!- jodido
A broch tsu mir! - Oy! I've been cursed.-me jodi
A chazer bleibt a chazer! - A pig remains a pig!-un chancho se queda
chancho
a dank - thanks, thank you-gracias
A deigeh hob ich? - Is it my worry?-Es mi problema
A feier zol im trefen - He should burn up!-Que se queme
A gezunt dahf dein kop! - Good health to you!-la salud nesecita cabeza
ahf tsores - in trouble-con problemas
aidel - cultured- cultural
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**Original copyrighted text from RHJ (excerpt)
a bisel - a little
a biseleh - a very little
A broch! - Oh hell! Damn it!
A broch tsu mir! - Oy! I've been cursed.
A chazer bleibt a chazer! - A pig remains a pig!
a dank - thanks, thank you
A deigeh hob ich? - Is it my worry?
A feier zol im trefen - He should burn up!
A gezunt dahf dein kop! - Good health to you!
ahf tsores - in trouble
aidel - cultured
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Please see the note at the end of this post.
a bisel - a little
a biseleh - a very little
A broch! - Oh hell! Damn it!
A broch tsu mir! - Oy! I've been cursed.
A chazer bleibt a chazer! - A pig remains a pig!
a dank - thanks, thank you
A deigeh hob ich? - Is it my worry?
A feier zol im trefen - He should burn up!
A gezunt dahf dein kop! - Good health to you!
ahf tsores - in trouble
aidel - cultured
aliya - return to Israel
alter kucker - old person, very derogatory
Am Yisroel - The people of Israel (all Jews).
azoy? - really?
bagels - Invented in Chelm, nothing like the doughy globs sold in North
American supermarkets/hard circular roll with a hole in the center.
balebatisheh yiden - Respectable Jews of good substance and standing.
balebosteh - housewife/hostess/capable homemaker/matriach
balnes - miracle worker
balshem - Term applied to a faith healer/performer of miracles.
Bar Mitzvah - A boy who, on completion of his l3th year, accepts the
responsibility of fulfilling the religious law/also the celebration of
this event (of becoming a man).
bas - daughter
Bas Mitzvah (Bat Mitzvah/Hebrew) - A girl who has reached the age when
she is required to fulfill certain mitsvos (commands, obligations).
ben zona - Son of a prostitute.
bialys - like bagels, more gluten flour
Birkat hamazon - grace after a meal
blintses/blintzes - Cheese or jellied pancakes rolled in dough and fried
in fat.
bobbeh/bubbee - grandmother
bocher - bachelor/unmarried man/young man
borsht - beet or cabbage soup
boychik - young boy
Brech a fus!- Break a leg!
bris - circumcision of Jewish male
brocha - a prayer
bupkas - (Lit "beans") nothing
challah - Sabbath twists of white bread/made in a variety of shapes for
various holidays.
chavurah - friends
Chazen- Cantor
chazer/chazzer - pig
chazerai - junk (lit. "pig stuff")/unpalatable/rotten
chochem - wise man (slang) - a wise guy
chosser daieh - feeble-minded
chupeh - bridal canopy/ Its 4 poles signify the 4 corners of the world,
and support a blue cloth, symbolic of the heavens.
chutzpah - audacity/utter nerve
Danken G-t! - Thank G-d!
daven - pray
Dershtikt zolstu verem! - You should choke on it!
draikop - Scatterbrain; one who tends to confuse you; one who connives
and twists the facts to serve his own purpose.
Drai zich! - Keep moving!
drek - trash/manure or excrement
Drek ahf a shpendel! - As unimportant as dung on a piece of wood!
Du bis a Yid? Gey gezunt! - Are you Jewish? Go in good health!
dumkop - dumbell/dunce
dybbuk - Soul condemned to wander for a time in this world because of
its sins. The dybbuk seeks refuge in the body of some pious person over
whom the demons have no power. The dybbuk is a Cabalistic conception.
ech - A groan/a disparaging exclamation.
Ei, gut - Great! Just great!
einhoreh - evil eye
eizel - fool/dope
El Al Airlines - 'to the sky'/Israel's national airline
emuh - mother
Eretz Yisroel - The land of Israel.
Er frest vi a ferd - He eats like a horse.
es/essen - eat
es vet zich oys-hailen far der chasseneh: It will heal in time for the
wedding. (Told even to a child when s/he gets hurt. The implication is
that marriage is a cure-all).
faigeleh - little bird/slang for homosexual
fardeiget - distressed/worried/anxiety
fargel - noodle dough, grated or chopped into barley sized grains
fargenigen - pleasure
farkuckt - dungy, sh*tty
farmatert - tired
farmisht - mixed up emotionally/befudled
Farshtaist? - You understand?
farshtunken - smells bad, stinky
far-tshadikt - confused, bewildered
flaishik/flaishidik - Meat or meat ingredients (must not be eaten at the
same meal with dairy foods).
foigel - smart guy
fressen - Eat like a pig, devour!
fresser - a big eater/gourmand.
frum - pious/religious/devout
Gai avek! - Go away!
gai gezunterhait - bon voyage/good-by
Gai plats! - Go split your guts!
ganef - crook/thief/burglar/swindler
ganster k'nacker! - Big shot!
gantser mentsh/mench - manly/a whole man/a complete man
gatkes - long winter underwear
gebrenteh tsores - utter misery
gefilte fish - Stuffed fish, usually made of chopped fish, onions and
seasoning, and cooked in salt water.
Gey mit ayn fuss! - Break a leg!
gelt - money
gelt gait tzu gelt - money goes to money
Genug iz genug! - Enough is enough!
geshmak - tasty/delicious
get - divorce
gezunterhait - in good health
G-d - The 'o' is left out for religious reasons.
goilem - dull person/clumsy and sluggish/mechanical/robot/mythical
person made of mud
gornisht - nothing
goy - non-Jewish person
goyem - plural of 'goy'
goyish/goyisha - not very Jewish
gribenes - small crisp pieces left from rendered poultry fat or skin, fried
Gut Shabbes! - Good Sabbath!
Gut yontev! - Good holiday!
Haddasah - world-wide Women's Jewish organization
Haftorah - The other books of the bible.
haken a tsheinik - Boring, long-winded and annoying conversation/talking
for the sake of talking.
Halevei! - Would that it came true!
Ha Motzi - prayer giving thanks for food (bread)
Hashem - name for G-d
haverah - prayer group
ich fargessen - I forgot
Ich hob in drerd! - To hell with it!
ipish - bad odor/stink
Kaddish - mourners prayer/in praise of and submission to the will of G-d
kemfer - fighter (usually for a cause)
kiddish - blessing over wine or bread on the eve of the Sabbath or
Festivals
kipa/yarmelke - skull cap
kishka - stuffed derma
kitsel - tickle klaperkeh - talkative woman
klemt beim hartz - clutches at my heartstrings
klotz/klutz - ungraceful, awkward, clumsy person
k'naidel - round dumplings usually made of matzoh meal and cooked in soup
knishes - dumplings filled with potato, meat, liver or barley
kolboynik - know it all
kosher - food that meets rules of Jewish dietary laws
kugel - casserole dish or baked desert
kvetch - complain
lamden - scholar, learned man
latke - Heaven on earth... potato pancakes!
Le'chaim! - To life!
levevah - plural for latke
Lig in drerd! - Get lost! Drop dead!
Lo basamain hi - The Torah is not in heaven.
loch in kop - hole in the head
lokshen - noodles/pasta
lox - smoked salmon
macher - A big shot/man with contacts
maidel - girl
mamzer - bastard
mazel - luck
mazel tov - congratulations
mechitzoh - the physical barrier that separates men and women in
orthodox synagogues
mench - a nice gentleman
meshuga - crazy
mezuzah - Tiny boxed affixed to the right side of the doorway of Jewish
homes containing a small portion of Deuteronomy in 22 lines, handwritten
on parchment.
mies - ugly
mies un mos - tedious/obnoxious
mikveh - ritual cleansing bath (for women)
milchiks - All dairy foods and cutlery, dishes and cooking utensils used
exclusively for dairy foods according to Jewish ritual regulations.
minyan - A group of at least l0 persons gathered to pray.
mishegas - craziness
mishpocheh - family/relatives
miskayt - ugly
mitzvah (mitsveh/Yiddish) - good deed
Mohel - The individual who performs the circumcision of a Jewish male.
mumcheh - expert
naches - Joy! Gratification, especially from children.
nebish - a nerd!
neshomeleh - sweetheart/darling/sweet soul
Nishtu gedacht! - It shouldn't happen!/G-d forbid! (Lit., May we be
saved from it! [sad event])
nishtgutnick - no good person
nishtikeit - A nobody!
Nu? - So? Well?
nudje - annoying person, badgerer
nudnik - pesty nagger, a bore, obnoxious person
och! - Exclamation of surprise, dismay or disapproval.
Oi vai iz mir! - Woe is me!
oleh chadash - new immigrant to Israel, (olim chadashim pl.)
ongetrunken - drunk
opgeflickt - Done in! Suckered! (Lit., plucked out like a chicken)
oy - Denotes disgust, pain, astonishment or rapture.
oysgehorevet - exhausted
Pesach - Passover
petseleh - little penis (affectionately applied to infant boy)
pisher - very young boy/can be an insult
pishteppel - pee pot
pletzels - usually onion flavored flat breads
plotz - fall over in despair
potch - a little slap
proster oilem - common people
pupik - Belly button!
pushkeh - poor box (In every traditional Jewish home, odd coins are put
in this, particularly on Friday afternoon before the Sabbath begins;
money is used for the support of philanthropic and educational
institutions).
Rachov Tsimtsim - Sesame Street
Rav - Rabbi/religious leader of the community.
Reb - Title given to a learned and respected man.
Rebiniu - Term of endearment for a Rabbi.
Rebitzin - Rabbi's wife
rosheh - mean, evil person Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur - Jewish High Holy Days
Shabbas goy - Someone doing the dirty work for others. (Lit., gentile
doing work for a Jew on Sabbath)
schmaltzy - sentimental/corny
schmuck - not a nice person/also male genitalia (literal)
schvitz - perspire (verb)
Shabbot/Shabbas - The Jewish sabbath.
shadchen - matchmaker or marriage broker
shainkeit - beauty
shammas - The guardian of the Synagogue
shanda - outrage or shame i.e. 'that's a shame'
shaygitz - non Jewish man (Pl. Shkootzim)
shayna - pretty (f.) (shayn m.)
shepleffel - spatula
shikeh - drunk
shikseh - - Non-Jewish female (also used to imply a wild or impious
Jewish female).
shimmel - mould
shin men - name
shiva - Mourning period of 7 days observed by family/friends of
deceased. (Also the Hindu god of destruction. Coincidence?)
shlemazl - an unlucky person
shlemil - a fool/always screwing up
shlep - carry
shlimazel - luckless person/incompetent person/one who has perpetual bad
luck
shmaltz - fat or greese/flattery(slang)/to sweet talk
shmata - rag, old clothing
shmear - bribe
shmootz - dirt
shnorrer - A beggar who makes pretensions to respectability; moocher; a
parasite, but always with resourcefulness in getting money from others
as though it was his own.
shoah - the holocaust
shpilkes - Lit. needles - nervousness, hyperactivity
shtetl - small Jewish village
shtick - routine i.e. Senfield has a good shtick
shtup - push, shove/vulgarism for sexual intercourse
shul/shule - synagogue
shvais - persperation (noun)
shvitz - sweat
siddur - prayer book
tallis - prayer shawl
Tanach - the whole Bible
tanta - Aunt
tashlikh/tashlich - Ceremony of the casting off of sins on the Jewish
New Year.
tateleh - little darling
tefillin - Leather cubes containing scriptural texts inscribed on
parchment; they are a sign of the covenant between God and Israel. They
are worn by males over thirteen years old.
tei-yerinkeh - sweetheart/dearest
toches-lecker - A person who will do anything to gain favor/a*s kisser!
toochie/toches - buttocks, behind, fanny
Torah - The 5 books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Levitucus, Deuteronomy,
Numbers).
traif - not kosher
tsooris/tsuris - troubles/misery
tut mir hanoeh - it gives me pleasure (also used sarcastically)
tut vai dos harats - heartbroken
tzimmes - a carrot based side dish
ubuh - father
um-be-rufen - unqualified, uncalled for/G-d forbid/a deprecation to ward
off evil
utz - to goad/to needle
Vat? - What?
Ve gates - How goes?
vey/vai - woe, pain; usually appears as "oy vai"
yarmulke - skull cap
yartzeit - Anniversary of the day of death of parents or other
relatives/yearly remembrance of the dead.
yenta - busybody/one who gossips
yeshiva - religious school
Yid - Jew
yiskor - Prayer in commemoration of the dead.
Yom Tov - holiday
zaftik - pleasantly plump and pretty/well-stacked/sensuous looking
zayde/zaide - grandfather
zei mir gezunt - Be well!
zetz - a slap
Proverb of the month:
Nisht alleh tsores kumen fun himmel.
Not all troubles come from heaven.
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