Yossi, in that case the later books of the Tanach as well as the Mishna and Gemaar are in lashon hakodesh mekulkelet (“lashon’ is feminine). Forexmple, the books of Daniel and Esther refer to the servant who brings food as a meltzar, which is Persian. “Sanhedrin” is Greek as is “hediot” (it comes form the same word as “idiot’). In any case, lashon hakodesh mekulkelet is still a form of lashon hakodesh. Yiddish is a corrupted form of German along with corruptions of Hebrew (e.g. “goniff” from “ganav”) and Slavic languages (e.g. “bubbi” from “babushka”). Thus many referred to it as “Jargon”.
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