Yontif/yom tov

Posted: Wed, Sep 29 2010, 2:23 pm Post subject: yontif/yom tov

I know yom tov is hebrew, but what is yontif? Is it yiddish or it became a word because when people say good yom tov, they say it fast and it sounds like that?

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and how about shala shudis Very Happy

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I actually wonder about shalashudis more than yontif... because if I stretch it in my mind I can see yontif evolving from some accent/fast talking but I just cannot make seudah shlishis sound like shaleshudis no matter how hard I try... maybe some yiddish person here can elucidate...

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Yeah but why call the third meal shalosh seudos? That means THREE meals, not THIRD meal... it confuses me!

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How about shalachmunes. That's how my savta says Mishloach Manot Smile

Posted: Thu, Sep 30 2010, 3:57 pm Post subject: re: yontif/yom tov

gee, that's how I talk at home...I speak "Israeli" outside and "Ashkenazis" at home which the kids think is really funny.

But when I hear my Israeli born children saying "I'm gonna chalish mommy", I burst out loud. Ashkenazi modern orthodox Jewish children born in Israel whose mother tongue is Hebrew saying that!
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Posted: Thu, Sep 30 2010, 4:26 pm Post subject:

Yontif is the yiddish version of yom tov.

Just like besoilem = beth olam, besalmen = beth almin, balabuste = baalat bayit, yankef = yaakov and many more.
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