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The Yiddish

Published on Apr 13, 2016

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The Yiddish

dictionary
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GOY

a Jewish name for non-Jew

Goyish

individual person who belongs to such a non-Jew.

shul

a synagogue
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shmattes

a rag
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shadchan

matchmaker, about a potential mate.
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klezmer

traditional eastern European Jewish music.
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blokova

A non-Jewish prisoner in charge at the camps.
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malach ha-mavis

Angel of Death, bad or evil ruler

badchan

also Badkhn in Hebrew meaning "jester"

rendar

“wealthy person” or “town leader”

mishiaas

mess, disorder, craziness.
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schnorrers

a beggar or scrounger; a layabout.

schnell

Faster

afikoman

Half piece of matzo which is broken in the early stages of Passover Seder
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dayenu

a song sung during the Seder meaning "It would have been enough"
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musselman

 camp slang word for a prisoner who has given up the will to live.
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zugangi

newcomers

sonderkommando

forced on the pain of their own deaths
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shtetl

a small Jewish town or village in eastern Europe.

yarnmulkes

a skullcap worn by Orthodox Jewish men.