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August 2, 2011 1:57 am at 1:57 am #598359Bar ShattyaMember
So I’m sitting in a makom torah yesterday learning and I needed to look something up in the mishna berurah. Lo and behold the part I look up contained the words “Rabbosai Mir Velen Benitishin”. I figure it might make a difference l’halacha so I ask one of the other guys what does “Mir” mean. Well this guy answered my question, but he kinda looked like he thought I fell off mars head first. I thought it was kinda funny.
August 2, 2011 2:02 am at 2:02 am #792709TheGoqParticipantso what was the answer he gave?
August 2, 2011 2:08 am at 2:08 am #792710Bar ShattyaMemberWe. Not I. I is “Ich”
August 2, 2011 2:19 am at 2:19 am #792711TheGoqParticipantit does not sound like a stupid question
August 2, 2011 2:28 am at 2:28 am #792712cvParticipantI may be wrong, but I think “mir” means “me”, not “I”.
August 2, 2011 2:34 am at 2:34 am #792713ItcheSrulikMemberSometimes people find it surprising when a Jew doesn’t know Yiddish. That’s probably the look you saw.
August 2, 2011 3:03 am at 3:03 am #792714WolfishMusingsParticipantI am yankel Am Haaretz
I’m Wolf, the even bigger Am Ha’aretz.
Pleased to meet you.
The Wolf
August 2, 2011 3:16 am at 3:16 am #792715Grubber YungMembercv, you are wrong in this case, but are right in others.
mir means ‘me’, and means ‘we’. in this case it means “rabbosai we will bentch”.
ich – I
mir – me
unz – us
mir – we
August 2, 2011 5:39 am at 5:39 am #792716HaLeiViParticipantYou misunderstand. HE is Yankel Am Ha’aretz. The surprised look on his face was because you went to ask HIM!
July 20, 2017 8:57 pm at 8:57 pm #1322159👑RebYidd23ParticipantGlad to see that some people still showed respect and did not bring their stack of dictionaries or computers into a makom torah.
July 23, 2017 2:52 am at 2:52 am #1322796☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲ParticipantSome languages actually have different words for “inclusive we” and “exclusive we.”
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