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רחל פֿײגענבערג האָט געחלומט פֿון דער גרױסער שטאָט, אָבער אין אָדעס האָט זי געבענקט נאָך איר אַלטן שטעטל.
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Yiddish חסידישע מעשׂיות אין אַ נײַ-אַלטן לבֿושOld Hasidic stories with a new twist
דער שרײַבער ברוך האַגער איז צווישן די זעלטענע שרײַבער, וואָס גיבן זיך אָפּ מיט דער שפּראַך פֿון דער חסידישער מעשׂה אויף ייִדיש.
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Yiddish ייִדיש האָט אַ לאַנגע רשימה ווערטער פֿאַר „בית־עולם“ Yiddish has a long list of words for ‘cemetery‘
אויף לשון־קודש קען „עולם“ באַטײַטן „אייביקייט“. הייסט אַ בית־עולם דאָס אָרט, וווּ מע בלײַבט אויף אייביק.
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