Yiddish English-Hebrew Dictionary

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Zeier giit far inyunim fin der alter Yiidishkajt:

[I have in front of me my copy from the 1988 photostat produced by YIVO and Schocken in 1928. The books appear to be the same.]
This re-impression of the great Yiddish-English-Hebrew dictionary by Alexander Harkavy restores to print the principle lexicon usable and useful for those interested in classic Yiddish literature, from Mendele Moicher Sforim up to the time of its compilation. The young (by the usual standards in these things) Yiddish scholar David Katz wrote an excellent introduction, in... more info

A must for reading and translating Yiddish.:

If you are a student of Yiddish and need another dictionary besides Weinreich for reading and translation work, this is the dictionary to buy.

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