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- Misnagdim (מתנגדים‎, "Opponents"; Sephardi pronunciation: Mitnagdim; singular misnaged / mitnaged) was a religious movement among the Jews of Eastern Europe...
- the Jews from the 18th century Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Litvish may also refer to: Litvish, a Yiddish dialect characteristic of Lithuanian Jews, also...
- dialects, with the exception of Chabad which uses Litvish; many Haredim in Jerusalem also preserve Litvish Yiddish. In addition to Russian, Jews who settled...
- po****tion centres including Klaipėda and Kaunas. The Yiddish adjective ליטוויש Litvish means "Lithuanian": the noun for a Lithuanian Jew is Litvak. The term Litvak...
- can be found in Zamenhof's proposal for the use of Latin script in his Litvish-based unified Yiddish project (Esperanto: novjuda lingvo, Russian: новоеврейска...
- mixed Hasidic and "Litvish" (Lithuanian-style Haredi) membership. However, in the 1980s, Rabbi Elazar Shach, leader of Israel's Litvish community and their...
- Jewry, including its unique Hebrew pronunciation, have been almost lost. Litvish customs are still preserved primarily by the few older Jews who were born...
- Tzvi Finkel (12 March 1943 – 8 November 2011) was an American-born Haredi Litvish rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel....
- Lotegorisch Qwareña Sh****agh Sh****i Shuadit Yiddish dialects Eastern Galitzish Litvish Poylish Klezmer-loshn Western Judeo-Alsatian Lachoudisch Scots-Yiddish...
- and thus it is not recited in communities such as Litvaks (although most Litvish communities in Israel do recite it) and Yekkes. It is recited in all communities...