To: "'Michael Abernathy'" <mabernathy AT isot.com>, "'B-Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] When did Hebrew cease to be a commonly spoken language?
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:35:43 -0400
> You can also find references in the Talmud to Jews in Jerusalem
> seeking a translator because someone asked a question in
> Aramaic. On the other hand, I remember a reference to a Jew
> outside of Israel asking his maid to explain what the Hebrew
> in a passage meant.
If you could find the references for these passages, I would appreciate it.
I had heard of the second anecdote, but I couldn't track it down.