12 | DECEMBER 19 • 2019

Yiddish Limerick

Chanukah

Di menorah in di fenster we light yeder nacht
It’
s ein, tzvay un dri, until it is acht.
Di mayse of Yehudah un zayn brider
Ich vil shein hern vider.
But af essn di latke Ich tracht un Ich tracht.

Di fenster: The window
yeder nacht: every night
ein, tzvay un dri: one, two and three
acht: eight
Di mayse: The story
zayn brider: his brothers
Ich vil shein: I want already
hern vider: hear again
Af essn di latke: of eating the latke
Ich tracht:
I think of

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