Re: Yahrzeit

[I. Oppenheim <i.oppenheim...>]

On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Robert A. Rothstein wrote:

> Let the word go out from this list that the
> macaronic, mostly German and partly English spelling
> "yahrzeit" for the Yiddish word "yortsayt" should be
> swept into the dustbin of history!
>         Bob Rothstein

The German "Jahrzeit" has the same meaning as the
Yiddish "yortsayt" so I think both forms are
acceptable. I personally can live with it that in an
English context "Jahrzeit" is transcribed as
"Yahrzeit".

Irwin

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