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The Hazzn's Tish

Or: A Cantorial Student's Dispatches from his Outpost in Manhattan

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Public Service Announcement

The Hebrew word for "practice" or "custom" is minhag. The H is just an H. If you say "minhag, you are speaking gibberish.

This has been an announcement d'hazzanan. Feel free to shout it from the rooftops.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

No, no! Diqduqial is a *brilliant* word!

Monday, November 01, 2004 7:09:00 PM  
Blogger Lawrence said...

Meredith: None in particular. I just got tired of hearing it from people whom I generally consider far too well educated to be using it.

Anonymous: I agree. We'll have to start using it in conversation. Whoever you are.

Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It might be me. I don't remember anymore. If it wasn't me writing it, it was probably me thinking it. Alas, probably no one is checking this particular entry anymore.

Erica

Monday, November 22, 2004 4:19:00 PM  

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