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It was spoken by the Geonim, the Rambam and countless other rabbis. Unlike Germanic Yiddish, it is also linguistically related to Semitic Hebrew
Is the moon purple?
Because the world is round.
The moon stands on it’s endLadino is holy. Arabic is not.
Joseph,
Depends.
Possibly Ladino of the Me’am LoezThere are different dialects of Arabic. Syriac is similar to Aramaic. I wouldn’t say the dialect dpoken in Morocco is holy.
Then Arabic is not holy
If the sages speaking a language makes it holy than you need to consider others as well.Old french was spoken by Rashi and Tosafot does that make french holy? Also it was not Arabic per se but rather Judeo-Arabic that was spoken by the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa. Which like Yiddish included many Hebrew Aramaic terms.
As for Arabic being related to “Semitic Hebrew” So are many other languages. Would you say that
Tigrinya a Semitic language spoken by people of Eritrea is holy?Aramaic and Judeo-Arabic are holy.
It’s a very beautiful language with many many words from Hebrew, I could list so many words are are from the same shoresh in Hebrew. So it might be
Yabia omer. The reasoning for those who say Yiddish is holy is because it has been “Judaized” i.e. it is a purely Jewish vernacular. Arabic on the other hand ,Semitic origin notwithstanding is a bonafide gentile tongue .
It is not the same.Syriac is not similar to Aramaic. It is a dialect of Aramaic.
Yabia Well you asked if “Arabic” is holy .Not the Jewish dialects of Arabic .
Yabia OK But if your argument was based on assuming that those who believe Yiddish is holy don’t believe that Judaeo Arabic or Ladino is holy and that this is an inconsistent position. Then you may have “built a house of cards” .Because they probably would consider those holy as well.
dear joseph hi
please help me understand the meaning of the word LADINO
thanks in advance
yours belgiumbullyThis is how you waste your time? Having a pilpul discussion, not about a torah topic, but whether or not which one is closer to being holy, albeit none are holy?
What a waste of life
ACS
I agree! can we revive your excellent torah topic thread on wars starting or ending every 28 years ?
That was much more productive
Loshon HaMeshugah.
Ubiquitin, why dont you stop talking in shul? And before you say anything, just like cant talk during davening, you cant talk in shul at all.
avreichamshlomo After reading through many of your posts in the coffee room I would simply say מום שבך אל תאמר לחברך . In fact if you were truly so holy and did not waste any of your own time you would not be browsing the coffee room .
Besides this topic does touch on hashkafadig issues, yet out of all the inane conversations on ywn coffee room you chose this one to get all self righteously angry about ? REALLY?If you burn the works of Rabbi Saadia Gaon, Rambam, or Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, you will have to answer in Olam HaBa. Even though they were (mostly) written in Arabic.
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