what is the language used by jews?
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Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel with the West Bank, the United States, and Jewish communities around the world.\n\nAfro-Asiatic languages\nSemitic: Hebrew, Aramaic (referred to as Jewish Aramaic or Talmudic Aramaic), Neo-Aramaic (dialects include: Lishanid Noshan, Lishanid Janan, Lishana Noshan, Lishana Deni, Lishan Didan), Judeo-Arabic (many dialects, including: Judeo-Iraqi — all are qeltu Arabic dialects), Judeo-Moroccan, Judeo-Yemeni, Judeo-Libyan, Judeo-Algerian, also several Judeo-Arabic dialects spoken in northern Syria and Iraq. \nBerber: Judeo-Berber \nCushitic: Kayla (Qwara), Kaïliña \n\nIndo-European languages\nGermanic: Yiddish, Yinglish, Yeshivish, Klezmer-loshn \nItalic: Judeo-Latin and its putative descendants, the Judeo-Romance languages: Ladino, Shuadit (Judeo-Provençal), Zarphatic (Judeo-French), Judeo-Portuguese, Italkian (Judeo-Italian), Catalanic (Judeo-Catalan), Judeo-Aragonese \nSlavic: Knaanic (Judeo-Czech) \nGreek: Yevanic (Judeo-Greek) \nIndo-Iranian (Judeo-Persian languages): Dzhidi (Judeo-Persian), Judeo-Bukharic, Judeo-Golpaygani, Judeo-Yazdi, Judeo-Kermani, Judeo-Shirazi, Judeo-Esfahani, Judeo-Hamedani, Judeo-Kashani, Judeo-Borujerdi, Judeo-Nehevandi, Judeo-Khunsari, Judeo-Tat, Judæo-Kurdish, Judeo-Marathi \n\nUralo-Altaic\nTurkic: Krymchak (Judæo-Tartar), Karaim (Spoken by the Karaites of Crimea and Lithuania) \n\nKartvelic\nGruzinic \n\nDravidian\nJudæo-Malayalam
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is this truly hebrew? it sound it could be (american) indian lingo.
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X-SchmX is very productive, so you can use it with everything you want: Art Schmart, Bush Schmush, Meat Schmeat.\n\nIn his book "The Joys of Yiddish", Leo Rosten writes that it is a common Yiddish way to dismiss something or put something in a derogatory way.\n\nIt's not really Jewish, but Yiddish. You don't have to be Jewish to use "Schm". But then you don't have to be a speaker of Yiddish nowadays either.
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Cuniform is the oldest written language. The old testament was written in Hebrew and Chaldean (Daniel)
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Because we don't hear the word Jew in a positive light often enough.  For most of my life I was afraid it was offensive to ask if someone were a Jew -- I always used "Jewish" instead.  When I first started attending classes to learn about Judaism, it was like a breath of fresh air to hear people referring to themselves and others as Jews.  I'm now a Jew-by-choice and am proud to call myself a Jew!\n.
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Yes it has Persian and Hebrew words in it a and these words considered Arabic now. Israel and Abraham are not of Arabic origins. Al fardous is originally Persian word means Paradise and it was used by Arabs at that time.
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actually in Hebrew Abraham is pronounced Avraham \n\nMoses is Moshe \n\nJacob is Yacov\n\nIssac is Yitzach\n\nthose are the simple ones
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yep. Im jewish, and thats how it was spelled on my  bat mitzvah cards!!! Oh, Mazel Tov on the bat mitzvah even if its not yours. cheers!!!!!
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There are a few holy books of the Jews.\nThere's the Torah, or the first five books of the Old Testament.\nThere's the Talmud, which is a series of rabinnical commentaries on the Torah.\nThere's the Zohar, which is the mystical book used by practicioners of Kabbalah.
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:}\nKlien is a Jewish name
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There are several Semitic peoples. However the term "anti-Semitic" is a term that specifically means a hatred of Jews.
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Yiddish word that means "Crazy".
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Yes, of course you could call a Jewish person a Jew.  You can also use the word Jewish. \n\nHowever, it is very offensive to most Jews to have the word "Jew" used as an adjective.  So, "That man is a Jew" is okay.  "The Torah is the Jew Bible" is offensive.  Always use "Jewish" in that situation.  And if  you find this confusing, you can use "Jewish" all the time and never be wrong.\n\nBTW, don't be misled by the earlier comment that Orthodox Jews do not consider converts to be Jewish.  That person doesn't know what she is talking about.  What *is* true is that some Orthodox rabbis do not recognize conversion ceremonies that are performed by non-Orthodox rabbis.  In other words, it has only to do with the nature of the ceremony, not whether the person was born Jewish.\n\nGood luck on your paper.  If you havent found the Website Shamash.org yet, you might want to look there for information.\n\nGood luck!!
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Most who spell it with a Hyphen "-" are Jewish.  It is a tradition from the Old Testament where God warned them not to take His name in vain, so they do not pronounce the name of God to avoid the misuse of it.
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Old Testament = Torah.\nTorah = Unchanged.\nTorah = Jewish.\n\nHope that answers your question.
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Do you mean Hebrews or Israelites, Jews an a Israelites are different. A Jew is anyone who relgion is Judaism, it not a race but a religion. Jew is in the Bible but it's a mistranslation, everytime "Jew" is used in the Bible it should read Judah. Judah is one of the 12 tribes of Israel, so calling ALL Israelites Jews is incorrect. Moses was from the tribe Levi not Judah so that means that he wasn't a Jew, Abraham counldn't a descendant of his own great great grandson so he wasn't a Jew ethier. The name Jew should have never even appear in the English translation.\n\nToday many Jews are white, ask ANY Jew, what does it take to be a Jew. They will tell you to convert to Judaism or if your moms a Jew, then your Jewish.\n\nNONE of them will tell you that to be a Israelites you HAVE to be a decsendant of one of the 12 tribes of Jacob/Israel.\nNote all through out scripture the Bible says that genology is ONLY pass through the FATHER never the mom/wife.\n\nWith that been said Jews are not Israelites and Israelites are not Jews. \n\nTO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION: Todays most Jews are descendants of Ashkenaz and Khazar tribes Both are decsendants of Japhet, Genesis 10 1-5 with are European tribes, which is why todays Jews are white. Until when find some evidences of what Isrealites looked like and can proven they are Israelites, then we would know what color they are.
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Well there are MANY sites for google. And if you wanted to know Hanukkah is coming up soon!(There are 4 ways to speell it!) \n\nONly boys wear the YAMACAS. . And there are 3, well 4 times of judaism. Reform(i am! really easy jewish.) Conservitive(in the middle), Orthodox(really really jewish. eats kosher foods. in services the boys and girls can not sit by eacheother... for some weird reason.) And the Messianic Jews. Which they should not be Jews. since the M.jews believe that jesus was their messiah then they should be christians, because that is what christians believed(aM I right?)\n\nOh and girls and boys have Bat(girls)mitzvahs and Boys have Barmitzvahs. they get it when they are 13.( i am getting one soon.) and they learn hebrew and they read  hebrew in the torah infront of everybody with out vowels/\n\ngo on this site for more. THE names of them are how to pronounce them, gimmel(G. sound..) Hay(H sound) YOU GET it now...\n\nAnd \nhttp://judaism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=judaism&cdn=religion&tm=6&gps=133_6_1020_568&f=10&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.njop.org/jsAlephbet/sound_main.html\n\nWell so i can not spell today! But go on google.\n\nThere are many prayers even one for going the bathroom!!! oh here is one u are supposed to say e very nnight b4 going to bed.\n.   \nSh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohaynu Adonai Echad. \nHear oh, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. \n\n\nBarukh Shem k'vod malkhuto l'olam va-ed\nBlessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever \n\nI will g et back to you with more.\n\n\nHAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!\n\nSHALOM!