T HE J EWISH Q UARTERLY R EVIEW, Vol. 99, No. 2 (Spring 2009) 230–269
Do American Jews Speak a ‘‘Jewish Language’’? A Model of Jewish Linguistic Distinctiveness SARAH BUNIN BENOR
EXCERPT FROM an online discussion group:1
Posted by: [Satal] Apr 10 2005, 07:01 AM
We didn’t have a shalom zochor. The baby is temeni [sic] like his father and will have a Brit Yitzchak the night before the bris in Yerushalayim.
Posted by: [lebnir] Apr 11 2005, 07:24 PM what is a brit yitzchak?
Posted by: [Satal] Apr 12 2005, 04:28 PM
Its also called Zohar. The men sit up reading Zohar to protect the child the night before the bris from mezikin. BTW the bris was today and his name is [Natan].
Posted by: [Mira] Apr 12 2005, 04:31 PM
We call it a vach nacht. [Natan] is a beautiful name—lots of nachas.
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