# Yiddish written from left to right?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yiddish-written-from-left-to-right/747575>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yiddish-written-from-left-to-right/747575 "2016-02-29T23:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yiddish-written-from-left-to-right/747575/1 "2016-02-29T23:14:32Z")

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Is there any group that does this regularly? I went to a concert of Jewish music yesterday given by the Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal. There was a long piece of music set to Yiddish poetry. They included the original words, which were in Yiddish, but were written left to right. I was astonished. Is this something done regularly by anyone?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yiddish-written-from-left-to-right/747575/2 "2016-03-01T03:26:23Z")

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Never saw it. The words were in Hebrew script yet placed next to each other left to right?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yiddish-written-from-left-to-right/747575/3 "2016-03-01T03:44:46Z")

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Closed duplicate.