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To see an outline with Russian and Yiddish translations, click on the "Expand/Collapse Outline" button on the bottom of the left frame.
To see the dictionary as a slide show, click on the "Full Screen Slide Show" button in the bottom right corner of the right frame.
Click on the sound icon to hear the word pronounced in Yiddish.
In the "Jewish Culture" section, move the pointer over the question mark next to the English or Russian word to see the definition,
or click on the question mark to see a list of all definitions in that language. The full functionality of the dictionary is available only
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MAIN DICTIONARY (275 words)     JEWISH CULTURE DICTIONARY (40 words)

Copyright © Ester-Basya Vaisman, 1996-2003

The 2003 edition of this dictionary is sponsored by a generous grant from the Fishman Foundation for Yiddish Culture and is supported by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish.
Special thanks to Mordkhe Schaechter and Yitzkhok Niborski for helpful comments on previous versions of the dictionary.

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