# Happy New Year!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/373695>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 22, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/373695 "2006-09-22T11:57:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/373695/1 "2006-09-22T11:57:16Z")

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… to all Jewish Dopers.

לשנה טובה תכתבו ותחתמו  
(which means, for those who can’t read Hebrew, roughly: “may you be be written down to have a good year!”)

Dani

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**Author:** ![Li\_l\_Pluck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee59a6/32.png) [@Li\_l\_Pluck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Li_l_Pluck)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/373695/2 "2006-09-22T12:32:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Noone Special]  
… to all Jewish Dopers.

לשנה טובה תכתבו ותחתמו  
(which means, for those who can’t read Hebrew, roughly: “may you be be written down to have a good year!”)

Dani  
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Todah rabbah! And a good and sweet year to you and yours!

(And what? No nikudot? Those little fellas have helped to preserve (what’s left of) my sanity countless times.)

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year/373695/3 "2006-09-22T18:25:47Z")

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Those of us in the US have a few hours to go yet. 🙂

My local kosher bakery is a _madhouse_. Luckily I have an inside line on a raisin challah. 😉

l’shanah tovah right back atcha!
