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  • From: Christopher Kimball <kimball AT ntplx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Distinguishing between Aramaic and Hebrew
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 03:09:15 +0200


Both Hebrew and Aramaic passages appear in Jewish prayer books. Would someone offer a short list easy identifiers so that a Hebrew beginner can realize he's looking at Aramaic, not Hebrew?

An earlier contribution noted that the Kaddish is Aramaic with a concluding Hebrew verse. I believe the prayer preceding the removal of the Torah from the ark is also in Aramaic. Why is this, I wonder?

Chris Kimball






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