There is a version of Adir Hu that appears in older European Haggados, and which I heard by Bostonner Hasidim, that is written in Hebrew script, with the words being exclusively of German origin (i.e. using a rendition of the goyish word in Hebrew letters rather than a Hebrew term). It clearly predates the haskallah, and in no way can be defined as being an attempt by secular Jews to use "proper" German as opposed to Yiddish.
So is it in Yiddish or the alleged dialect of "Judeo-German", and if not, how does one define Judeo-German to exclude it, other than by using the religious preferences of the user to define a language, in which case Yiddish (and Hebrew) of the last 100 years would be redefined as multiple languages. Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
