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What’s the Difference Between a Pisher and an Alter Kaker?

You’re never too young — or too old — to be called something unflattering in Yiddish.

What Does the Hebrew Word Neshama Mean?

The Hebrew word for breath also means soul.

What’s the Difference Between a Klutz and a Putz?

Neither Yiddish type is particularly flattering, but one is definitely worse than the other.

What Does the Word Nebbish Mean?

This classic Yiddish archetype describes a person who is always overlooked.

Avodah Zarah 31

Where the tree falls.

Avodah Zarah 30

Shmuel and Ablet

Avodah Zarah 29

Beware the barber.

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