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Who did not change their language!

שו”תCategory: moralWho did not change their language!
asked 2 years ago

Just wondering if the rabbi speaks Yiddish and if you see any importance in it (that it is a language that only Jews speak)

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מיכי Staff answered 2 years ago

I don’t know a word of Yiddish. I don’t see any importance in it either. Language is language.

kkpl replied 2 years ago

Do you see the importance of the fact that the people of Israel did not change their language in Egypt?

מיכי Staff replied 2 years ago

Yes. It set them apart from the Gentiles.

kkpl replied 2 years ago

Well, is Yiddish also separated from Gentiles?
And in general, does most people believe that Jews will not be friends with Gentiles?

דוד replied 2 years ago

When they spoke German, to differentiate themselves, they spoke Jewish German (which is Yiddish). In Spain, they spoke Ladino (which is Latino. That is, Jewish Spanish). In North Africa, they spoke Jewish Arabic. Today, if you want to differentiate yourself from the infidels and the exterminated (in the above), you can speak Jewish Hebrew ……

kkpl replied 2 years ago

Honorable Rabbi David.
The fact that one should speak in Hebrew is also a virtue, but in Yiddish it also has its merit, doesn't it?

דוד replied 2 years ago

No. Just as in matters of clothing (in what concerns wearing hijabs or ez), there is no virtue in wearing a certain garment in the past when they were distinguished from the Gentiles (unless you are a follower and wear a shtreimel (from the side of the priestly garment) even on the day of Hamsin) compared to today's clothing. And if our ancestors wore dresses, is there any virtue in that? I wonder!

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