LL-L "What does it mean?" 2003.02.22 (02) [E]

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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: What does it mean?

Thanks for all reactions concerning kosher, halal & freak.
I have a new question:
What does "Tov" mean in "Mazel-Tov".
Is it related to the Dutch "tof"?

-- quote from an advertisement: (Belgisch Israëlitisch weekblad :
2003-02-21)
De Sandzer Landsleit van Antwerpen
wensen de Heer en Mevrouw Zalman Lehrer
alsook de Heer en Mevrouw Efraim Holles
een hartelijke Mazel-Tov
ter gelegenheid van het huwelijk van hun kleinkinderen
Shaindy Strassman en Eli Holles
--- end quote

Thanks and regards,

Roger

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: What does it mean?

Roger,

Yiddish _mazl tov_ (מזל טובֿ) ['maz=ltOf] literally means "Good fortune!" and
is used to render "Congratulations!" (for instance on the birth or _briss_
[_brith_ 'circumcision] of a baby, a Bar Mitzvah or Bath Mitzvah (the Jewish
equivalent of Christian confirmation), a wedding, an anniversary ...).  It
comes from Hebrew _mazál tôv_ (מזל טוב).  _Mazál_ means 'fortune' or 'luck',
and _tôv_ means 'good' (masculine).  (In Semitic languages an adjective
follows the noun it modifies.)

I guess it is possible that Dutch _tof_ was at least indirectly derived from
it.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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