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by Sam Gross z"l

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Dedicated to Shir Chadash, Sam Gross passed away in 2011. He has supplied our website with this list of important Yiddish terms. You never know when they may come in handy! Feel free to send us more of your own.

Dayne tseyn zoln zikh tsebeyzern un aropshlingen dem kop!
Meaning: May your teeth get angry and chew off the rest of your head!

Di gringste arbet iz heysn yenem arbetn.
Meaning:
The easiest job is to tell the other guy to work.

Khanfenen heyst ganvenen.
Meaning:
Flattery is as good as robbery.

Zol Got gebn mir zoln lebn in nakhes un in freydn
Meaning:
May G-d grant us pride and joy in our lives.

Vemen es iz biter in moyl ken zis nisht shpayen.
Meaning:
He whose mouth is bitter cannot spit sweet.

Es hakt mir in kop!
Meaning:
There is a banging in my head!

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