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Let's Hear Only Good News: Yiddish Blessings and
Curses לאמיר הערן
גוטע בשורות (שנשמע בשורות טובות) יידישע ברכות און קללות Yosef Guri |
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present collection is the first attempt tin Yiddish lexicography to assemble
and describe blessings and curses (or good and bad wishes) as a genre of
folklore. This genre is highly developed in Yiddish and is richer and more
variegated than similar expressions in the folklore of many other peoples. This
dictionary contains only a portion of the blessings and curses that exist in
Yiddish, because it is really impossible to compile an exhaustive list.
Firstly, Yiddish has been spoken in different parts of the world - |
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