Today's News

Posin's Made Its Name on Its Authentic Kosher, Crunchy Pickles and Sweet Treats
Bernard Posner Mourns Himself
From Canton to Jerusalem with the converted linebacker
Fundamentally Freund: 'No Jews Allowed'
Islamism's accidental midwives
Jewish engineer cleared of spying sues US gov't
Jewish family flees Yemen in secret operation
Katyusha hits western Galilee lightly wounding three people
One on One: Elliott Abrams 'I was the resident skeptic'
The Kimberley connection

• The Washington Jewish Week wants to know your preference Prune or Poppy
• Vehicle and Car Seat Defects and Recalls Database
• a Q & A - What is the Customary blessing in yiddish After each Sneeze?
• Conservative synagogue Looking dynamic service leader, rabbi, cantor, or soloist
• Customized Bar and Bat Mitzvah Candle Lighting Ceremony Poems
• One Day Sheitle Sale
• Feb 22 & 23 Sun/Mon - Please join us to learn about an outstanding adult study opportunity in Israel
• Feb 23 Mon- Screening Room presents Lansky
• Feb 24 Tue- The Foundation for Jewish Studies Northern Virginia Lunch & Learn
• Feb 25 Wed- Dulles-Area Jewish Lunch-and-Learn Studies
• Feb 25 Wed - Rockville Lunch & Learn presents Rabbi Michael Safra
• Feb 26 Thu- The Foundation for Jewish Studies Downtown Lunch & Learn
• Feb 27 Fri- Shabbat Service led by Caron Dale of Lox ‘N Vodka
• Feb 28 Sat- Shaare Tefila Congregation Copacabana Dance
• Feb 28 Sat- Congregation Etz Hayim Wine Tasting and Silent Auction
• Feb 28-Mar 1 Sat/Sun- JCCNV Teen Centertainers Present "Grease"
• Feb 28-March 1, Sat/Sun – Israeli Arts & Crafts Fair at NVHC in Reston, VA
• Feb 28 Sat- Shabbat Meditation
• Adult Ed Class - You Be the Judge II: An Exhilarating New Exploration of Jewish Civil Law
• Interested in learning more about the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington?
• Melton Scholars Course Spring 2009 - Shemot I: From Slavery to Sinai
• Jewish Communities of the World
• Quick Links of Jewish interest

Argentina boots Shoah-denying bishop
World Jewish Leaders Praise Argentina's Decision to Expel Holocaust-Denying Bishop

Bernard Posner Mourns Himself
Celebrities
From Canton to Jerusalem with the converted linebacker
One on One: Elliott Abrams 'I was the resident skeptic'

Q - What is the Customary prayers in yiddish After each Sneeze

A - I can only tell you what my family's usage was, rather than be definitive on the standards around the Yiddish-speaking world. 

Anyway, with multiple sneezes:

First sneeze:   tzu gezunt  (to health!)

Second sneeze: gezunt af dir  (health on you!)

Third sneeze: gezunt af dir un lange yorn (health on you and long years)

Fourth sneeze: a ruach in dir; du'st zikh farkeltert (a curse on you; you've caught a cold)

The last one, I'm sure, was just my mother's attempt at humor, and it's probably not the proper way to say "catch a cold" in Yiddish, but it's what she said.

David A.

Please email your answer to sr@theschmooze.org

Harry Leichter
editor

Todays Kosher Recipes