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Old 12-04-2003, 09:59 PM
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Hebrew vs. Yiddish

OK, time for some clarification. Yiddish is not Hebrew. Its a dialect of German, with Hebrew influences. Yiddish does use the Hebrew alphabet because prior to the Guttenberg Press, obtaining knowledge of the germanic written language was restricted.
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