Sunday, January 17, 2021

Yiddish Word of the Day: The Bed

As people continue to spend their days and evenings at home, due to coronavirus social distancing restrictions, the Forverts has launched a series of short informal video clips called Yiddish Word of the Day.

The series, written and narrated by Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter, aims to give non-Yiddish speakers an introduction to familiar Yiddish words and phrases and how they might be used in everyday situations. 

Schaechter, who was appointed the new editor of the Forverts in 2016, is the first woman to helm the paper in its 119-year history, its first editor to have been born in the United States, and likely its first editor who is shomeret Shabbat.

We posted the first of this series last May. Now that the Forverts is continuing the series, we'll be sharing some of the words and phrases as a regular feature of Jewish Humor Central.

Today we'll look at Yiddish words for the bed, bedding, and a few proverbs that involve the bed.

Enjoy! 

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1 comment:

  1. Dear Rukhl, Shalom (Not sure how to convert Aleichem to feminine singular in Yiddish).

    Just a short note to let you know how much we enjoy your presentations on the Yiddish word of the day.

    Your Litvak pronunciation is perfectly clear and in line with how our Lithuanian parents and grandparents spoke.

    It would be great to have a chat in English / Yiddish.

    Kind regards,

    Leon and Zelma Singer (Cape Town, South Africa)

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