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a long life
Used to greet a mourner after someone has died.
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a nechtiker tog
Forget about it!
Whom is he trying to kid?
Not on your life!
An impossible occurrence
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Chabad
an outreach-oriented branch of Hasidic Judaism that follows the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Chabad has thousands of branches around the world, including at many college campuses.
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from your mouth to God's ears
response to a good wish or blessing that mentions future events: I want that to happen, but I'm not sure it will.
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gebrokts
(2) People who hold by the stringency against eating wetted matzah.
(1) Matzah that is mixed with liquid during cooking; avoided by scrupulously observant because of the possibility that unbaked flour in the matzah could be exposed to the liquid and thereby become chametz, forbidden during Passover.
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ghattis
derogatory term for working-class or boorish Afrikaaner person
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keppele
head (smaller or cuter, often used in child-directed speech)
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kitke
braided egg-bread eaten on the Sabbath (known as challah elsewhere)
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kugel
Baked pudding or casserole made with eggs and various ingredients, including noodles, potatoes, or spinach
The South African equivalent of a "Jewish American Princess"
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lapa
An animal's paw, dirty hands, especially that of a child or a lascivious man.
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ongeshnosket
inebriated, drunk
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Peruvian
an unsavoury character
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Shabbos
the Jewish Sabbath
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teiglach
a confection of dough balls dipped in honey/syrup and eaten at Rosh Hashanah
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truntor
old broken down car/ jalopy
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tzitzit
A garment worn under the shirt by Orthodox men and boys, with a tassel hanging down from each of the four corners.
The fringes on a tallit (tallis) prayer shawl or on a tallit katan.
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yok
rowdy non-Jewish hooligan (derogatory)
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Zulik
wild, similar to vilde chaye
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Zulik
The boy is "wild" or "a wilde chaya"
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