LL-L "What does it mean?" 2003.02.23 (01) [D/E]

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From: Stan Levinson <stlev99 at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "What does it mean?" 2003.02.22 (02) [E]

Roger,
"Tov" is "goed".
Stan
> 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
>
> ----------
>
> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: What does it mean?
>
> Roger,
>
> Yiddish _mazl tov_ (×z×-×o ×~×.ï­O) ['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_ (×z×-×o ×~×.×').
> _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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