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Rosh Hashana

Sep 22, 2006 16:48

L'Shana tova, everyone!

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macgrrl September 22 2006, 21:54:22 UTC

L'Shana Tova to you, too! :)

dcdiva September 23 2006, 02:47:15 UTC

Almost time for me to make my happy Yom Kippur cards!

rjmoya September 27 2006, 14:31:11 UTC

Thanks! What?

(I heard about the holiday this weekend, but you'll forgive me if my Hebrew is a little rusty.)

streon September 27 2006, 14:37:23 UTC

L'shana tova literally translates to "To a good year." Quick Hebrew lesson: the L' prefix means "to," shana means "year," and tovah is the feminine form (year is feminine in Hebrew) of the word good.

It's more generally used to mean happy new year, or have a good new year.

rjmoya September 28 2006, 00:59:45 UTC

OK, thanks.

So what about "Yom Tov"? That'd be "good (something)," then, right? I've heard that used in relation to a Jewish holiday, but I forget which one.

streon September 28 2006, 02:34:10 UTC

Yom means day. =)

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