# Hebrew/Yiddish translation

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-yiddish-translation/589768 "2011-07-20T21:37:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-yiddish-translation/589768/1 "2011-07-20T21:37:00Z")

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Can someone translate [this phrase](http://www.flickr.com/photos/42009607@N00/5959248506/in/photostream#/photos/42009607@N00/5959248506/in/photostream/lightbox/)? Not sure whether it’s Hebrew or Yiddish, but it’s probably either a Bible quotation or an aphorism.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-yiddish-translation/589768/2 "2011-07-20T21:44:02Z")

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It’s Yiddish, not Hebrew, so I can’t translate it for you (except for the fact that it contains the phrase “the Rabbi”), but Google seems to indicate that it’s the name of a play from the 1930’s or 1940’s.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-yiddish-translation/589768/3 "2011-07-20T21:50:17Z")

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A Yiddish song. “_[Sha sha der rebe geyt](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_english_translation_to_the_yiddish_song_SHA_SHTIL)_.” “Sh, sh, the rabbi is going [to dance again].” By Adolf King, 1922

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3tLS4rzlYGA/hqdefault.jpg "Sha! Shtil! (Der Rebe Tanzt) - Yiddish song about a dancing rabbi") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tLS4rzlYGA)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-yiddish-translation/589768/4 "2011-07-20T22:03:11Z")

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Thanks, guys. The phrase is part of some artwork that my mother did, and it totally makes sense.