When Joseph and I agree on something, you know Moshiach is around the corner.
Jothar: Thanks for the history of pants but that was not the point. As Joseph indicated, the pants example was not to compare pants to Yiddish but to show that some things are so obvious that it does not need to be discussed in s’farim.
Funny though, Jothar, should we discard our Talmud Bavli shas and just use the English Art Scroll version? Would you say there’s no kedusha in the Aramaic language since it’s not Loshon Hakodesh and not the language spoken today? Or do we recognize that the talmud in it’s original form was the best way to acquire it’s teachings and we try to understand it by using the English Art Scroll as an aide but not to replace the original C”V.
Also “the bachurim in Slabodka – Reb Aaron, Reb Yaakov, Rav Shach, Rav Hutner, Rav Ruderman” all spoke Yiddish after leaving their native country and their mode of dress also evolved into the kapote mode of their Rebbe, Der Alte fun Slabodke.