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Pesach 5783

 לערנט זיך אױס אַ „פּסחדיקן“ אויסדרוק

Learn a Yiddish “Peysekh” expression

מיר ווינטשן אײַך אַלעמען אַ פֿריילעכן און כּשרן פּסח!

Wishing everyone a happy Peysekh!

ס׳איז נאָך װײַט צו פּסח

[S’IZ NOKh VÁYT TSU PÉYSEKh]

We’re not out of the woods yet. [lit. ‘Passover is still far away’]

פֿון אײן פּסח ביז צום אַנדערן

[FUN ÉYN PÉYSEKh BIZ TSUM ÁNDERN]

once in a blue moon

רײן װי ערבֿ פּסח

[RÉYN VI ÉREV PÉYSEKh]

spanking clean

מאַכן פֿון (+ דאַט׳) אַ קרבן־פּסח

[MÁKhN FUN (+ dat.) A KORBM-⁠PÉYSEKh]

roast someone [lit. ‘make a Passover sacrifice out of someone’]

אַ רשע פֿון דער הגדה

[A RÓShE FUN DER HAGÓDE]

a wicked person

זי מיינט נישט די הגדה, נאָר די קניידלעך

[ZI MÉYNT NIShT DI HAGÓDE, NOR DI KNÉYDLEKh]

That’s not what she meant./She has something completely different in mind. [lit. ‘She’s not interested in the Haggadah, but rather in the dumplings’]

זיצן ווי אַ מצה־בעקער

[ZÍTSN VI A MÁTSE-BÉKER]

be sitting idle; have nothing to do

מאַטערן זיך ווי דער אָרעמאַן פֿאַר פּסח

[MÁTERN ZIKh VI DER OREMÁN FAR PÉYSEKh]

have a very difficult time/have it bad

פֿאַרקױפֿן זיך &lt;צעכאַפּט װערן&gt; װי מצה־װאַסער

[FARKÓYFN ZIKh VI MÁTSE-⁠VÁSER]

fly off the shelves

<ער איז אַ חכם פֿון דער מה־נשתּנה <הגדה

[ER IZ A KHÓKhEM FUN DER MA-NISHTÁNE ]

He’s a fool/He’s stupid.

ווילסטו קניידלעך, זאָג די הגדה

[VÍLSTU KNÉYDLEKh, ZÓG DI HAGÓDE]

You have to pay to play. [lit. ‘Read the Haggadah first if you want dumplings’]

Thanks to kunstzamler extraordinaire @shvlman for the image!

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Many more words available in the
Comprehensive ‭English-Yiddish Dictionary