Surprising Orthodox Jews by Speaking Yiddish
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Go to buyraycon.com/xiaomanyc for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Today I am exploring the Hasidic Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park as everyone prepares for the Jewish festival of Sukkot. Let’s see what Orthodox Jews think about my Yiddish!
Thanks to Reb Noyekh for teaching me Yiddish! If you want to learn with him go to: www.yiddishwithnoyekh.com/
Thanks to my brother Nate ( / sunnysmith613 ) for showing me around!
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0:00 Introduction
0:48 Sponsored by Raycon
2:15 Getting kosher meat
3:59 Buying kosher wine
6:53 Chatting Yiddish on the street
7:53 Buying a lemon for $100 (not clickbait, it's an etrog)
10:56 Visiting a coffee shop
11:38 Hardware store
12:05 Looking at yarmulkes
12:41 Walking down the streets
14:04 Flower shopping in Spanish
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@juliansandler4569
Жыл бұрын
I'll check them out. Also you should learn Swahili! Best wishes.
@AyaBlue22
Жыл бұрын
.. to which charity, though?
@mrscreamer379
Жыл бұрын
$100? They saw you coming. You were the biggest lemon in the store! 🤣
@jeffreysetapak
Жыл бұрын
I don't know your Jewish/Hebrew name until today. Arieh Moshe???
@nofirstgonzalez7888
Жыл бұрын
@@Jack_Nack No, it’s a special citrus for a special occasion. Like some people pay hundreds of dollars for a big, live tree at Christmas.
I love that he got a scolding straight away for not being religious enough from an elder. It’s universal
@eitanbelson5280
Жыл бұрын
the least he could do is apply the tefillin🤣
@SammyJoon
Жыл бұрын
Torah observant Jews want the best for all other Jews. It is less a scolding and more “Torah can benefit you the way it’s benefitted me”. I understand that it could often sound like talking down but truly it is not
@timtim6373
Жыл бұрын
@@SammyJoon that’s how most religious people are
@SammyJoon
Жыл бұрын
@@timtim6373 not exactly. Jews actively advise against converting people. When speaking to non-Jews they will only go as far as explaining the basic laws of a moral society i.e. telling them not to curse god, not to worship idols, not to murder/steal, avoid sex crimes like rape incest adultery, no animal cruelty and to establish courts in their society. Jews are mainly interested in teaching less knowledgable Jewish people about their heritage and how to keep the laws of the Torah. The reason for this is simple: if the Torah is truly divine, Jews could really be in deep trouble for not following the laws. That being said, Jews do not force any strangers to do anything and certainly do not decapitate people for disagreeing with them.
@hpn237
Жыл бұрын
@@thewalrider1159 chill Adolph
As a german i understand pretty much everything. Its almost like an german dialect.
@yolotech0183
Жыл бұрын
It’s just a middle-high German written in a Hebrew script to preserve the old German from what I understand
@anonymoust2877
Жыл бұрын
That’s really cool, technically means Jews and Germans are linked culturally and ethnically
@snoopit7117
Жыл бұрын
Ja stimmt, hab mich auch gewundert
@francisdrake3730
Жыл бұрын
That's so cool! I'm german and I thought the same thing.
@Sapnfap
Жыл бұрын
@@anonymoust2877 Culturally, yes, ethnically Ashkenazi Jews mixed primarily Semitic men with Southern Italian women (Sardinians)
I’m a black American and have taught my self a good amount of Yiddish. I can be honest and say I first learned it from the nanny (sitcom) and it intrigued me 💯😁🤷🏿♂️
@Nellsbells79
Жыл бұрын
Lol awesome ❤
@y2kbr4t
Жыл бұрын
me too but i’m italian/mexican! learned some from the nanny too!
@caroline5573
Жыл бұрын
that’s amazing ! keep learning
@Drumming_Monkey
Жыл бұрын
The Nanny still rocks. Love that show.
@Jujuyork79
Жыл бұрын
Im Scandinavian and the Yiddish I know I learned from Fran too!!😂
Being German, I love hearing Yiddish spoken in the wild. Your ears perk up, because it's still so close to the German being spoken today, but uses antiquated vocabulary and it's own, often different expressions. Every Yiddish sentence sounds like German poetry in the moment xD
@dang7824
11 ай бұрын
I specially like Yiddish songs because many singers speak the words out of rhythm and intonation. For example they would pronounce Kartofelsalat in a song: "kaa🎶aar🎵tou🎵uu🎶flsssssa🎶ääeeel🎶ahh-t🎵and it would sound like a shaman conjuring rain in the desert. When they speak it just sounds a bit odd but in a song it really becomes mystic.
@AlfredSoul
10 ай бұрын
@@dennyb6768 What?
@fowleheidi482
9 ай бұрын
try Swiss-German, I think more difficult than Yiddish.
@ItsAshInMyCupImMadAsAMuh
8 ай бұрын
@@fowleheidi482 I had to learn swiss german when i moved to Switzerland. Took me a couple of months to even understand them when they go full swiss mode.
@thedeviouspanda
5 ай бұрын
There's a dialect of German spoken by some people in Texas that was basically just passed down from their immigrant forefathers, without changing like regular German did. So modern Germans will hear it and say the same, that it sounds like how their grandparents or great grandparents spoke.
I speak German and apparently just found out today that I also speak Yiddish😮 I knew Yiddish was a German dialect, but I didn't know how close it was. In my estimation it's closer than Pennsylvania Dutch even. I think it would be amazing to get native speakers of Yiddish, German, Texas German, and Pennsylvania Dutch together and see how well they can hold a conversation. I think it would be very surprising how little time it would take for them to be able to functionally communicate with one another.
@autohmae
Жыл бұрын
I like how one of the comments pointed out: Yiddish sounds like a Dutch person trying to speak German.
@Meirstein
Жыл бұрын
It makes sense that Yiddish sounds like Pennsylvania Dutch, because both of the originated in the Rhineland area.
@SwtTeaLdy
Жыл бұрын
@Jack that would be great idea!
@IndorilTheGreat
Жыл бұрын
I'm currently learning German, and I can definitely hear the similarities!
@tanjiro3518
Жыл бұрын
it's not Jewish, I think it's German Jews who fled from the Nazi regime in Germany to America at that time
I am obsessed with the wild angles your camera gives. I cannot contain my laughter most times 😂
@Cabal-ms3kb
Жыл бұрын
@4:49
@G1ngerpocalypse
Жыл бұрын
@@Cabal-ms3kb @7:46
@G1ngerpocalypse
Жыл бұрын
@@Cabal-ms3kb @5:36
@Cabal-ms3kb
Жыл бұрын
@@G1ngerpocalypse One of these should've been the thumbnail tbh
@JB-fh1bb
Жыл бұрын
@4:37
It's astonishing how much I understand as a native German speaker. Yiddish is very close to some of our dialects
@PM-vv3uc
11 ай бұрын
Geshmak = gut schmecken oder lecker
@dreanotto3487
11 ай бұрын
Ek is afrikaans en kan omtrent alles verstaan😅
@mike77gmc
11 ай бұрын
@@dreanotto3487 Ik kan jou ook verstaan lijkt veel op Nederlands, Afrikaans is een mooie taal.
@mike77gmc
11 ай бұрын
As a guy from the Netherlands it all sounds very understandable...
@salac1337
10 ай бұрын
@@mike77gmc ich kann euch auch alle verstehen
I LOVE how Ari mentions potential interest in more practices in his life, then the man offers him to wear the kippah and make the blessing before the food. That was very beautiful and seemed like he directly understood his interests. And with all the joy. Lovely!!
@sylvanticx
18 күн бұрын
Yes! That’s the heart of the Jewish community. There’s no exclusion, just welcoming.
"I'm Jewish I've never seen this many jews in my life." Had me laughing so hard.
@barbarusbloodshed6347
Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how crowded everything is. Gives me major anxiety. I hate crowds :(
@soundofperserverance3363
Жыл бұрын
I've seen some but they were in that camp in europe
@dannyvents2781
Жыл бұрын
@@soundofperserverance3363 Booooooo🤢👎
@viedogamepro
Жыл бұрын
He isn't wrong lmao I thought the same thing
@yakov95000
Жыл бұрын
Well he should visit Israel...
Never knew Yiddish is that close to German. As a Dutchman I understood a lot. So next video of Xiaoma can be in German and, because Dutch is close to German, a few weeks later we can expect a video Xiaoma speaking Dutch.
@RSBuddie
Жыл бұрын
Same. Learned german in school and could always make out some of dutch, didn't know Yiddish was the same,
@TheDivayenta
Жыл бұрын
Yiddish is Middle High German from medieval times with sprinklings of Slavic and Hebrew words.
@richyq8786
Жыл бұрын
@@TheDivayenta they were forced to leave and settled in north america pretty early on
@lafoonxiii5311
Жыл бұрын
I learned a bit of German a while ago, and when I tried to switch to Dutch (because I realized I have Dutch friends, why am I not learning Dutch instead?) my brain couldn't handle the similarity. It's said that Dutch (well, Frisian) is the closest language to English, and supposedly easiest to learn...but I had a far easier time learning German. I did, however, get very good at pronouncing Scheveningen because my Dutch friends would always make fun of me by making me say it!
@tonybridgeman
Жыл бұрын
Same! Amazing! I didn't know Yiddish was so related to Dutch and German!
As a fellow Jew I’ve been watching your videos and waiting for the day you did Yiddish or Hebrew. I’m so happy. I would love some day to come to NYC and experience the Jewish community, where I live in Canada the community is so small and exclusive (read: if you don’t have money you’re nobody) and I would love to experience a more welcoming community
@MyriamBernard13
Жыл бұрын
wow I'm from Canada too. Not Jewish but try to partake in celebrations if I can. I've always wondered why our community was so small or thought maybe they were very quiet? This life here in this Jewish neighbourhood in NYC is another country altogether! I'd love to experience that and these people.
@guytansbariva2295
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, see you're not exactly helping the Jewish reputation when you say the community in Canada thinks you're nobody unless you have money.
@sharonhimmelman9685
Жыл бұрын
@@guytansbariva2295 if you read closely I said where I live in Canada, so that’s a problem with just that small community, I didn’t say ALL Jewish communities in Canada are like that
@guytansbariva2295
Жыл бұрын
@@sharonhimmelman9685 Gotcha, sorry I missed that part. But yeah what people have been saying mostly is talking about the very expensive lemon. $100 or so? But it's no different than going to any cultural market, and they've got the expensive stuff at the back, just like Ari liked to see. Arabic markets have $100 dates, and Korean markets have $100 squid. It's all relative.
@mikemathias1562
Жыл бұрын
Hi sharon. Ur name is german and it emeans heavens man
Hey Xiamoa! Your video inspired me to try to learn to read Yiddish. I speak German and my grandfather was a German jew who fled to NYC during WWII and spoke Yiddish as well, but I never learned it. Turns out it's a lot easier to read than Hebrew because it includes all the vowels like German does! I have a new exciting skill now thanks to you and a much better understanding of the Hebrew alphabet.
I lived with an Israeli family for a little while, and they were the most giving, supportive and charitable people I've ever met. I was down on my luck when I was 18, and they welcomed me with open arms. They said their first rules, as soon as i entered their home were "If you are hungry, you eat. If you are thirsty you drink. If you need anything that you cannot find, you ask." And it feels so amazing to this day, over a decade later, that such a wonderful family helped me get my first apartment, helped me keep my job, and kept me out of trouble. Amazing family
@divemylollol6152
Жыл бұрын
אתה מדבר עברית?
@DJZAM
Жыл бұрын
Makes me cry so beautiful 😢
@CrunchyMom88
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@TheRepublicOfJohn
Жыл бұрын
"If you are hungry, you eat. If you are thirsty, you drink. If you need anything that you cannot find, you ask." That's beautiful. Good rules.
@skylar0628
Жыл бұрын
Baruch HaShem. May you continue to be blessed in my life, my friend. Thank you for sharing your story.
“Just search white guy speaks Chinese on KZread.” I laughed way too hard at that 😂
@NintenJoe09
Жыл бұрын
Not wrong though 😂
@scarreb7691
Жыл бұрын
Lmaoo was just about to comment ahah
@Jack-cq9pv
Жыл бұрын
he has the youtube algorithm wrapped round his finger at this point lmao
@MiaLeona69
Жыл бұрын
There's a guy on the street in one of his other videos that addressed him literally as that "see you later 'white guy speaks Chinese!' “ 😂
@wm6549
Жыл бұрын
That’s actually how he titled his videos
Aweee Ari & his brother are both so nice, just good souls honestly. Hope to see more content with the two of you❤️
I love how less surprised they all are and how fast word travels about how he speaks it really well
This man is a walking translator. Much respect. I’m still trying to learn one other language and it’s not easy for me
@jonathankraig425
Жыл бұрын
Translators usually walk with the person they translate for but ye
@doyley2038
Жыл бұрын
@@jonathankraig425 😐
@petrusmaximus5363
Жыл бұрын
To be honest he doesn’t speak that well. But i think he understands much.
@eldiabloramon
10 ай бұрын
😂 right he should be working for Star Fleet - translating the next klingon or romulan langauge for when aliens appear lol
It's amazing how quickly you pick up on these different languages. Very impressive and very entertaining as always!
@ReloGP14th
Жыл бұрын
1) When you enjoy something you learn extremly fast 2) His brain is used to learn new language so he adapts to a new language really really fast
@ca6248
Жыл бұрын
@@ReloGP14th You make a great point.
@gacy90
Жыл бұрын
hes jewish,,,he should have known this since 5
@lisasim
Жыл бұрын
@@gacy90 I'm Jewish, I live in Israel, my mom and grandparents were speaking Yiddish and I don't understand almost any of it, just funny slang that you can hear on Seinfeld 😂 None of my friends knows this language. Bravo to Xiaoma, for being so passionate about learning languages and connecting with people.
@since1876
Жыл бұрын
Once you learn a second language, picking up another one is always just a little easier. But it should never be as easy as this man makes it happen 😂😂😂😂 he's a very special person in that regard.
It's always so funny and interesting to me (as a German) how much Yiddish I can actually understand. Stuff like "a bissl" ( a bit ) is also very much how southern Germans/Swabians speak, where I am from. By the way, how come your brother is so well versed in the Jewish community and you not as much? Were you brought up differently or what is the reason?
@caroline5573
Жыл бұрын
maybe he met his wife or something and he decided to be more religious
@Drumming_Monkey
Жыл бұрын
@@caroline5573 definitely could be the case. It's just very interesting to me. :)
@CornholioPuppetMaster
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been learning German for a few months and I recognized words like danke and fleish
@Drumming_Monkey
Жыл бұрын
@@CornholioPuppetMaster That is very cool. The language is not easy to master. A lot of Germans struggle with it too, haha. May I ask what made you learn German? You forgot the C in "Fleisch" by the way :) But that's an easy mistake because it's pronounced like the English "sh", so don't worry.
@SalisburySnake
Жыл бұрын
@@Drumming_Monkey My wife is half German. She hates it when I translate Fleischküchle to "flesh cakes". Even though it's 100% accurate :D Her mother is Schwabish, so Fleischküchle is just meat. Not the pastry covered version from the Black Sea area.
You get such honesty by speaking to all these different people in their language. Such a good perspective on human nature in general. Thank me man.
@patrickjoseph9158
Жыл бұрын
Thank *YOU man lol
@share_accidental
5 ай бұрын
you can edit comments 😊
I’m Jewish and speak Hebrew, honestly I thought Yiddish would be more similar to Hebrew and it actually wasn’t, it was very interesting to hear this language!!! :)
@ACyoutube46
Жыл бұрын
It's mainly German, so if you learn the vowel-shifts and pronunciation, you can understand quite a lot in Yiddish if you speak German. I can understand maybe 80% of what I hear in Yiddish. Incidentally, a lot of non-Jewish people had some Yiddish in the old days. Even people who didn't speak German sometimes had some. One famous example is former Secretary of Defense Colin Powell.
@darthjarjar8
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing!!
@divemylollol6152
Жыл бұрын
הוא צריך לדעת עברית היוטיובר הזה
@Dhi_Bee
Жыл бұрын
It’s basically like German Creole with Hebrew words thrown in & written in Hebrew script. Edit: I forgot to mention there are a few Slavic words thrown in too.
@reuven2010
Жыл бұрын
@@divemylollol6152 הוא יודע קצת.
The fact that so many different cultures you visit have people who recognize you says a lot. You are making a difference in history. You help bridge cultural differences. You inspire many people, myself included to try harder to learn other languages and not be shy about approaching
@ANTIStraussian
6 ай бұрын
First video he didn't get anything free Lol jk jk
My Jewish grandmother shared a bedroom with my sister and I for years. She would speak Yiddish and had started teaching me as a teenager. Your video brought back many memories.
Loved these reactions. Perfect time for these videos, the world needs it! Also love the facts on Judaism thrown in, I'm learning! 🧐
this was an amazing video! I used to take care of 2 sweet boys for a little over 6 years who were autistic and lived in a relatively strong Jewish household. they would have me over for holidays and cook delicious foods and bread. but the most precious moment was when one of the boys held my newborn for the first time. he recited the Shehecheyanu prayer, which most Jewish people do for their first time experiencing something new, and it made me cry. it was a sweet moment. the Jewish culture has always piqued my interest, so this was a nice to watch.
@IAmTheStee
Жыл бұрын
That’s beautiful
@deirdrekiely6187
Жыл бұрын
* Piqued....not peeked.
@erinslays
Жыл бұрын
@@deirdrekiely6187 not to be that person but OP was right with the piqued
@0Honey_Nut_Cheetos0
Жыл бұрын
@@erinslays OP was not right. OP edited their comment after they were corrected. So yeah, you were that guy
@tonyvelasquez6776
Жыл бұрын
@@erinslays you look the teeny tiny little hats??
As an english & german speaker with some dutch, Yiddish feels like the language part of my brain just melting together with a bit of flair. Very interesting sounding language
@jamescanjuggle
Жыл бұрын
same here, i always knew yiddish was a think but never actually clicked how much sense it makes when I hear it?
@leibmenter2331
Жыл бұрын
Yiddish is so fascinating. It’s really a melting-pot kinda creole language. Yiddish and Modern German both diverged from Middle High German in the 11th and 12th centuries, if I’m not mistaken. All things considered, they’ve had very little time to diverge, and until 100 years ago, very little space to diverge. Their pronunciations are noticeably different, and Modern German uses prefixes, suffixes, and single-word conjugations more than Yiddish does, but the smaller words and root words and nearly identical. Yiddish incorporates a lot of Hebrew, as well as influences from Polish and Russian in some dialects. But anyone who speaks German today should be able to understand Yiddish. They’re not perfectly mutually comprehensible, but you’ll get the gist for sure
@YOLOnyc
Жыл бұрын
The sound of the Yiddish varies by the speaker's accent. Brooklyn "Yeshivish-style" Yiddish (in this video) is very distinct and sounds different than the European Yiddish that European-born Jews from the older, now-geriatric, generation speak.
@Aquafre5h
Жыл бұрын
I'm swedish that understands german and some dutch, this was definitely some hybrid thing. Sounded odd but very interesting and fascinating.
@leibmenter2331
Жыл бұрын
@@YOLOnyc If I can make one correction to an otherwise great point, “Yeshiva-style” Yiddish would actually be spoken by non-Hasidic ultra Orthodox Jews, mostly of Lithuanian descent. Hasidic Yiddish is what was spoken in this video. There is a radical vowel shift between “Yeshivish” Yiddish, which is unfortunately dying very quickly, and Hasidic Yiddish.
love this video
My dad actually understands Yiddish. It’s wild because he’s an old Californian surfer but his roots are New York Jew. Every now and then the Brooklyn accent and Jewish storytelling humor will come out and it’s like a different person 😂
Never realized you were Jewish! Shalom brotha!! Great video as always
@mikewizowski441
Жыл бұрын
Never new YOU were Jewish either…shalom אחי 😁😁😁 it’s a small world we live in.
@carlinthomas9482
Жыл бұрын
@@mikewizowski441 I never knew you were Jewish as well. It really is a small world after all. Shalom!
@amirahp1690
Жыл бұрын
Shalom!
@Traveltownvlog
Жыл бұрын
Hello sir🙏 please help me😭
@wee5h
Жыл бұрын
You blind bro ? 😂
massive massive respect for donating the proceeds in accordance with the tradition of the holiday
@CrunchyMom88
Жыл бұрын
Your username fits you.
@ReptilianTeaDrinker
Жыл бұрын
Keep being cool, drippy rat. Respect!
@lisaroan9029
Жыл бұрын
Exactly,much respect for doing that. ❤️🕊️
this was so funny and informative 😂
Thanks for the walk. The Jewish Community in NY is very interesting!!! And your brother apparently is a legend there! :D
The smile on some of the people you interact with their mother tongue is beyond any earthly descriptions… it makes me feel really happy too
A friend of mine was an Orthodox Jew who was a farmer and knew Yiddish. One day at a farmer’s market several Russian emigre women were insulting him in Yiddish assuming he didn’t know what they were saying. You should have seen their faces when he told them “that’s not very nice” in their own language.
@NYC_Goody
Жыл бұрын
What the hell were they saying about your friend?!
@charlescurran1289
Жыл бұрын
@@NYC_Goody as I recall they were insinuating that he was stupid and so would be easy to con into a lower price.
@definitelynotanAIchatbot
Жыл бұрын
@@charlescurran1289 Typical
I always enjoy your videos and the sense of community they impart, especially when others realize you’ve taken the time to learn their language. I’m inspired to go back and learn German again, I had to drop it in college and always regretted that! Cheers. ❤
Xiaoman, I would love to see a video of you learning a very special (to me) Russian dialect. Doukhobor Russian is a combination of English and Russian and is only spoken in a few towns in Canada and the USA. I am a descendant of Doukhobors, and with there only being 30,000 left here in Canada, only 50% can speak Doukhobor and its sad that in 100 years it wont exist at all. Thank you for all the good vibes and awesome content :D Huge Fan Right Here!!
As a German, this was very satisfying. It's always so much more engaging when you even understand without subtitles. I hope Xiaoma reboots his German project. It would be fun to see how he connects German, Yiddish and Durch together.
@hanshansomahammau
Жыл бұрын
many german words also come from the yiddish originally. Tohuwabohu, Ganove, meschugge, it's pretty awesome how the 2 languages are woven together.
@dasarcanaeum
Жыл бұрын
@@hanshansomahammau And Kosher :)
@bonerchamp2695
Жыл бұрын
@@hanshansomahammau and many terms for money.
@Ultrapro011
9 ай бұрын
@@hanshansomahammau meshuga and ganuv is from hebrew
It’s amazing to be able to delve into a different culture or religion through Xiamoa/Arie’s videos. And to see how he can interact with others can be very intriguing and also heartwarming.
@coloradotrader7202
Жыл бұрын
it is a culture that treats women like 2nd class citizens
@ydubin
Жыл бұрын
@@coloradotrader7202 and what’s your basis for that statement? Let me guess. You watched “unorthodox” on Netflix and now you think you understand hassidic culture?
@sheen2694
Жыл бұрын
@@coloradotrader7202 islam?
@vercot7000
Жыл бұрын
@@coloradotrader7202 Why are you acting like your culture didn't do that during the 60s? In fact, if you're conservative, you should agree with the culture you hate so much
@coloradotrader7202
Жыл бұрын
@@vercot7000 I never said I hated anything, I was just stating a fact. dont get butt hurt bozo
As an only English speaker, I'm amazed at literally any language you speak and glad there are subtitles to go along with it 👍
This was a great learning experience to help understand the culture. And the reactions never get old lol
I think this is one of the most interesting videos you’ve done. Yiddish may be a major language in that community, but it’s also a dying language outside of it. My grandparents spoke Yiddish, their parents spoke Yiddish, but it wasn’t really passed on to my parents or my generation. Definitely a fascinating choice. Also good to show this community in a more positive light to a larger audience. Looking forward to part 2.
@JTheTeach
Жыл бұрын
as long as there are Orthodox Ashkenazi, I don't see it disappearing. So that's good.
@amazingabby25
Жыл бұрын
It’s funny I was told it was dying growing up, but it’s flourishing in Israel and the US in the Hasidic and Ultraorthodx communities. What’s sadly dying is the Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Maaylan, etc. The Hebrew and other languages for the non European communities
@mollyk3768
Жыл бұрын
same, all of my grandparents spoke it and didn’t pass it on so they could talk without the kinderlach understanding🫠
@AugustBlue96
Жыл бұрын
My dad's grandfather was Jewish and grew up speaking Yiddish at home with his parents, who were immigrants from Belarus and Ukraine. But he and his siblings didn't pass Yiddish down to their kids, in an effort to assimilate and be more American. I always think it's a tragedy when a culture is lost that way, and I hope younger generations of secular Jews will be interested in reconnecting with Yiddish. I definitely want to learn.
@haha-lj5sq
Жыл бұрын
The reintroduction of Hebrew seemed to replace Yiddish for the most part.
I’m kvelling! It was an honor to teach you Yiddish, Ahrele Moishe!
@soundofperserverance3363
Жыл бұрын
Oy vey
@rebnoyekh
Жыл бұрын
@@soundofperserverance3363 haha oy vey iz mir!
@soundofperserverance3363
Жыл бұрын
@@rebnoyekh work will set you free
@rebnoyekh
Жыл бұрын
@@soundofperserverance3363 actually speaking yiddish and learning about beautiful Jewish culture will ;)
@soundofperserverance3363
Жыл бұрын
@@rebnoyekh ⚡⚡
Glad to see you made it to my old neighborhood! It's changed in many ways since I moved away 20 years ago, but it's nice to see how much stayed the same.
Really love this video man. I show my English students some of your videos sometimes. This one is a real banger. Nice one!
Xiaoma feels like a protestant walking through a Greek Orthodox festival.
@luketimewalker
Жыл бұрын
looooooool
@henrystoes6508
Жыл бұрын
except judaism is an ethnicity
I like that your brother said as an example "if you're gonna honk your horn at somebody in traffic think twice" then the video proceeds with plenty horn honking. So funny.
@DonVideoGuy007
Жыл бұрын
The drivers honking were probably not Jewish?!?
@VegetaAFH
Жыл бұрын
@@DonVideoGuy007 they’re still human and are not perfect. C’mon dude, a “reminder.” I’m sure you’ve missed your alarm a few times in your life, but you still set it. We are not robots and rigid in our convictions, even if at times we should be. The reminders we place on ourselves to improve our behavior are helpful tools.
"I'm Jewish and I don't think I've seen so many people at once in my life" Same same same! Being Jewish in most places in America you're always the minority. The feeling of being surrounded by so many of your own tribe is an amazing feeling indeed! Also, why aren't you wearing a kippah??? Lol
@sylvanticx
18 күн бұрын
It’s so amazing. As a kid, I was one of two, maybe three Jews in my class. At Jewish summer camp the weight of explaining your heritage constantly being gone was an experience like no other. I loved it. My high school had almost 30% Jewish population (public school), which was a culture shock- I was used to being one of the only Jews, and the only observant one!
Xiaomanyc is legit one of, if not the best, KZreadr ever. The guy speaks multiple languages, travels the world and speaks to everyone and breaks barriers most could only dream of. Seriously deserves a humanitarian award!!
Holy moly, a foreigner in your own hood. I feel you. Like my first visit to Japan, the homeland, surrounded by Japanese. Ha! Oddly, I took German in high school so I understood more Yiddish than I do in Japanese.
@thorodinson6649
Жыл бұрын
Man i have somehow literally never met anyone of japanese ancestry here in north america.
@shrayesraman5192
Жыл бұрын
@@thorodinson6649 Very common on the West Coast. LA SF etc. Whole communities.
@aDubStepdrop
Жыл бұрын
@@shrayesraman5192 Vancouver Canada there are plenty
@merrillgeorge1838
Жыл бұрын
Where fr do u live bro
@IAmKnightsDawn
Жыл бұрын
日本語は少し話します。でも。。。まだまだです。
It's truly remarkable how much this sounds like a middle ground between Dutch and German. I'm Dutch myself and also speak German, after seeing this, i will definitely take up some yiddish courses.
@raydemi4488
Жыл бұрын
because its yiddish and not hebrew language
@andyrobin7196
Жыл бұрын
thats antisemitic unless you're jewish
@LaFlaneuse0
Жыл бұрын
@@andyrobin7196 How?
@andyrobin7196
Жыл бұрын
@@LaFlaneuse0 cultural appropriation
@tostcronch
Жыл бұрын
@@andyrobin7196 as a jewish person, no it isn't lol
Xiaoma changed my mind about learning many languages, it is very useful and you meet more interesting and lovely people everytime.
Thank you for showing us what is sometimes misunderstood in the community, it was very informative. You have inspired me to learn languages... and so starts a difficult journey for me.
Absolutely amazing to see a top tier mainstream KZreadr being openly Jewish and donating the proceeds of the video to Jewish charities. Amazing! ישר כח!
@PROVOCATEURSK
Жыл бұрын
Does god not provide enough for those charities? SUS
@alexanderduff6018
Жыл бұрын
@@PROVOCATEURSK אלוהים יקלל אותך
@chatter4427
Жыл бұрын
@@PROVOCATEURSK god is waiting for his own stimulus check
@tombeacher9667
Жыл бұрын
You already have all of Hollywood, can we just have KZread?
@girlhappy6442
Жыл бұрын
@@tombeacher9667 and most of the billionaires
cool to be seeing more interactions with the Hasidic community since many of the people within are often worried that anyone with a camera is coming into their neighborhoods to criticize them in some way. Seems like in recent years especially there are more people even within the Hasidic community using KZread to share the culture, which I think is fascinating. Time after time ari shows that choosing to speak someone else’s language is something that is warmly received and appreciated across cultures ❤
@TheLozfan1000
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I watched a documentary and the hasidics refused to mention women because theres apparently a big abuse problem.
@ShiyalaKohny
Жыл бұрын
Eh, their culture is toxic, I don’t think we should be pretending that an ancient religious way of living is somehow pure or beautiful. It’s primitive and full of shit speaking from first hand experience
@GoBlueHTB
Жыл бұрын
These are Orthodox Jews, not Hasidic.
@christophershirley3279
Жыл бұрын
@@GoBlueHTB I think Orthodox is kind of an umbrella term that could include many orthodox groups. If you’re Jewish, please educate me if I’m wrong.
@davidcohenboffa1666
Жыл бұрын
@@christophershirley3279 Orthodox means traditional, aka not Reform or Conservative. Inside Orthodox Jews there are Modern Orthodox (also Religious Zionists in Israel) and Haredim (what some people call Ultra-Orthodox). And inside the last group, there are Sephardic and Ashkenazi (wich also exist inside the other communities), and inside the Ashkenazi community there are Hasidic Jews and Misnagdim (opponents of Hasidism). Sorry if its too complicated, but Hasidic Jews are only a part of Orthodox Jews.
You bring together people with your good heart . Thank you ,mire men like you are needed today.
I have never paid attention to Yiddish till this video, but it's crazy how so many words sound German. It's like I understood it to a degree without knowing the language.
"Buy a yamaka, speak Yiddish, you're one of ours." How freaking wholesome is that?!
@Ordo1980
Жыл бұрын
He is Jewish, so it is not that strange that they say that 🙃
@Diablochild123
Жыл бұрын
@@Ordo1980 Some groups of people have the “if you weren’t born and lived it, you’re not it” mentality. I’m just glad he’s welcoming of it. :)
@Ordo1980
Жыл бұрын
@@Diablochild123 Usually orthodox Jews have that belief, that no jew can leave completely the religion, because it is like something what you inherit as a jew. So they think that everybody can come back, they just have to practice it again. So they see somebody like Arieh as a potential returnee.
@adamcohen1570
Жыл бұрын
@@Ordo1980 ye kind of. Your born Jewish, and that’s that. A non-Jew cannot turn around one day and say “I believe in Hashem (G-d)” and be Jewish. That’s why even myself I’m not religious at all, but if I went to that neighbourhood and told them my name (which is very Jewish) they would take me in no doubt in my mind.
@PaulWashington..
Жыл бұрын
@@Ordo1980 Yes he is born Jewish but is a secular Jew and these gentlemen in the video are religious Jews. We all are from Adam, thats what really matters.
I love how immediately the conversation starts about your lineage, it keeps the story going, always sharing from where your ancestors travelled and when, I love it 🥰
Super great video apart from the NFT reference at the end... It's so nice to see more videos in the last couple of years of the very much unique world of chasidic judaism! We have something like this in London, but on a MUCH MUCH MUCH smaller level!
as an Arab, I was surprised to hear that the Yiddish word for “charity” at 0:44 sounds exactly like the Arabic world “Sadakh” صدقة which is exactly the same meaning. 8:42 “Shalum Alyikom” and it’s reply “Walayum Shalam” is almost exactly like our السلام عليكم ، وعليكم السلام
@Dourkan
10 ай бұрын
All things considered, both islam and judaism come from the same place on earth, so it really should have some linguistic similarities even if jews went to europe and ended speaking an almost german language, the common salutes and god praises must've been mantained throughout the years. Humans are not so distant and different after all!
@coldcuts3248
8 ай бұрын
The Yiddish word for charity is actually Hebrew. The word you heard is Tzedaka which means charity.
@coldcuts3248
8 ай бұрын
Interesting tidbit: abracadabra comes from Hebrew. The Hebrew term is אברא כשאדבר pronounced Evra K’adaber, which means in Hebrew, I will create as I say”
@Tomato_frog1
7 ай бұрын
Thanks I was about to clarify that too. Also “ shalom aleichem” is also Hebrew. It’s just that in Yiddish some of the words used are actually just normal Hebrew. So Yiddish is not really at all related to Arabic. But Hebrew, as a Semitic language just like Arabic, is.
@sylvanticx
18 күн бұрын
Yes, Hebrew and Arabic are related languages, and Yiddish is mostly German but it has some Hebrew words mixed in, so that makes sense.
I knew Yiddish is very similar to German, but hearing it being actually spoken is crazy! It feels epic being able to understand it without tons of effort, haha! Thank you for the video!
@Veritas-dq2hs
Жыл бұрын
I mean it's basically German.
@jaredf6205
Жыл бұрын
Which is crazy because it split from High German over a thousand years ago.
@Veritas-dq2hs
Жыл бұрын
@@jaredf6205 Yiddish evolved alongside other German dialects through the centuries. It isn't that different to modern German, and very different to Old High German.
Haha, Yiddish is like a time travel to late medieval German and also a bunch of Hebrew and Slavic words. As a German, I can understand approximately 80 % of those sentences. But I am quite good in understanding dialects and also know a little bit Russian, so it´s easier for me. Greets from GER, U.
@divemylollol6152
Жыл бұрын
But I can speak Hebrew, and I don't understand Yiddish at all 🥲
@dankelly5150
Жыл бұрын
The wife and I will have to check this neighborhood out next time we go to New York !
@ireadysucks3026
Жыл бұрын
@@dankelly5150 don’t forget crown heights! this year is prob gonna be more packed lol
@vincenoname
Жыл бұрын
I can't get over "De Fleisch ist geschmack"
@jsw7814
Жыл бұрын
@@ireadysucks3026 CH speaks the least yiddish, Williamsburg the most and Borough Park comes in at second place.
Great video! I like how he's brother talking about the yamaka and giving the example of honking, and a minute later there is a lot of honking
I love that I am suddenly on the Orthodox Jewish side of the internet. First with the Miami Boys Choir on TikTok and now this. I'm learning a lot!
I was just talking to my mother (in my sukkah, funnily enough!) about Yiddish and my daughter as asked to hear it more and then here you are! I loved seeing Borough Park-I miss being down there more! What a wonderful way to kick off the new year and Sukkot! Can’t wait for part 2! Chag Sameach!
@TheJleliot
Жыл бұрын
Living in Southern California I think I missed out with not living in this kind of community
@Traveltownvlog
Жыл бұрын
Hello maym please🙏 help😭 me
One thing I like about your videos it is that we can experience other cultures, learn about them, get to know the people, and much more. I love NY with such a cultural diversity.
I knew you were rooted with the Jewish nation!!! Good for you braving the streets of NY on Erev Sukkos!
I had no idea that it’s that similar to German. I knew about the connection to the German langue but very interesting to actually hear and understand it.
What people don’t realize is that in the old days you could’ve been Jewish from practically anywhere in any country in Europe (except where they spoke Ladino) and yet Yiddish was the unifying language that everyone understood.
@rlt9492
Жыл бұрын
And Yiddish and Ladino speakers would use Biblical Hebrew to communicate with each other when they met.
@fearlessAx
Жыл бұрын
@@rlt9492 Which is the actual unifying language.
@YOLOnyc
Жыл бұрын
Actually, the were Judeo versions of many other languages too, Yiddish (Judeo Middle-High German) is the only surviving one but there was Judeo Italian, Judeo French, etc. Ladino (Judeo Spanish) is a novel language at this point used mostly in music, very few people speak it as their primary language these days.
@Rialagma
Жыл бұрын
Do they speak Yiddish in Israel?
@mitzavor8468
Жыл бұрын
@@rlt9492 Not Biblical Hebrew. Medieval Hebrew.
I love that you returned to your roots, Xiaoma. I spend so much time in other cultures that I appreciate so much when I am surrounded by my Mexican culture and people. It really makes it all special.
@chashmal10
Жыл бұрын
Hell yea man!
I’m currently learning Dutch and it’s crazy how similar Yiddish is to it
@TcCvd
2 ай бұрын
It’s a mix of dutch, german, slavic and some hebrew words in it
Love the “running” part of your ad for the earbuds 😂😂😂 just a quick jog past the screen lmao
Finally you’re covering Yiddish! Danken God! Your Jewish viewers were wondering when you’re going to cover it 😊
1:38 The “run” that stops at end of frame 🤌💋 😂😂😂
Huge respect for this 🙌🏻
I found out I was Jewish through some ancestor tracing recently, my family had no idea and I know nothing about the ethnicity or religion, thank you for this ❤
@jaybloomfield5082
Жыл бұрын
Welcome... If you are in the big city you could check out some of the Jewish delicatessens.
@brianakelley123
Жыл бұрын
@@jaybloomfield5082 i worked at Carnegie deli in nyc for 2 years 😭
@whitemailprivilege2830
Жыл бұрын
@@brianakelley123 they’re not kosher. JS
I’ll never forget how a Jewish charity helped my family out with paying the electricity bill and some food during very hard times thought we’d never be in. I’ll be paying it back many fold.
@HPMTube1991
Жыл бұрын
Or just "family". Jewish obsession is unbelievably demonstrated and common. Saying that Jewish people are fascinating or good with money or even so kind and helpful, is the same of saying and thinking the opposite. What a crazy stupid Neurotypical world!
@varoth465
Жыл бұрын
@@HPMTube1991 Your point is?
@peter-radiantpipes2800
Жыл бұрын
@@HPMTube1991 I have no such opinions. That’s a pretty aged opinion and small demographic. I don’t know anyone that says that except nazis and some odd elderly. I didn’t say any of that too so don’t hijack my post with this junk
@HPMTube1991
Жыл бұрын
@Varoth The point is- that neurotypicals tend to associate a parameter that is irrelevant as a factor. For example here; One taxpayer who was helped as a child by a family that lived near his home, apparently. Why the immediate tendency is, to mention that they are of Jewish origin. Moreover, it is an almost universal subconscious, classifying other taxpayers, according to one irrelevant variable. Usually religious or ethnic or national. 'Origin' or 'religion', in a context that is not national or religious, is the same as a reference to an eye color or a preferred taste or color. It is an archetype of social construction and primitive conditioning. And everyone suffers from it, almost without exception. I am outstanding. Although I am autistic and highly integrated and schizoid, it is enough to have a basic intelligence and an objective line of thought. In addition, the world needs to stop with the Jewish obsession. But also, with any other obsession. A saying like 'Jews are kind and they tend to help others' (similar to the response of the one above) is just like the saying 'Jews are greedy and dominate the dome' or any other dogmatism. I will suggest a literal (but not thoughtful) correction to the following: As a child, I was once caught up in state X and was helpless. For my benefit, a family that lives near where I live was provided with assistance. falcon
@user-bj5eh9ji9z
Жыл бұрын
@@HPMTube1991 dude, relax the guy was showing appreciation for someone who did a good deed for them, and I'm Jewish orthodox,and appreciated the gesture... not everything is offensive
I have a story..when we were emigrating to the US my father spoke Yiddish and we were refugees from the Soviet Union in Austria and he was able to communicate to everyone without too many issues. This one is not fair..you had help and insight..
Africans: wow, you speak our language! Here’s a free meal Chasidim: you want a lemon? That’ll be 100$
@magicteen1
Жыл бұрын
You must have missed the beginning where they gave a sandwich
@mmmnn2
Жыл бұрын
that's not a lemon it's an Etrog, and it's not for eating but for making a commandment from the bible.
@EL-oj6uq
Жыл бұрын
It's not a lemon it's an Etrog
@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist
Жыл бұрын
It's not a lemon, it's an Etrog (citron), and it's a really expensive fruit.
@danielhosianna2633
Жыл бұрын
True
Xioma, thank you for showing us all of these different cultures and showing appreciation for them in such a positive light. These videos never fail to make me laugh, smile, and appreciate thing a little more.
That’s how my grandparents spoke. I didn’t find out my grandma was actually speaking Yiddish AND that she was a Jew later on in life. Kept it secret for going through the nightmare (grandpa is my hero for saving her and my aunts/uncles). They were from Germany. Husband’s family from Russia.
@soblue315
Жыл бұрын
💓💓💓 So sorry to hear what she went thru.
All of your videos remind us that shared humanity brings us together and that unshared language keeps us apart.
Would love to see you spending time in Crown Heights... That's a whole vibe this time of the year. Totally see you at the Aliya Teffilin booth!
I LOVE the interaction starting at 14:05 - especially when she wishes you a happy holiday! So beautiful to see people from different cultures and places being respectful, working together, and existing as part of the same community. ווונדערלעך / maravilloso ❤
I was a Hebrew Linguist in the Air Force. I’m amazed at your ability to learn and remember languages. It’s a gift from God.
@YOLOnyc
Жыл бұрын
אני מקווה שהוא תנסה ללימוד עברית, זה יהיה ממש מעניין אם הוא יכול להצליח - זה שפה אלף פעמים יותר קשה מיידיש.
@rollsaround2096
Жыл бұрын
עד כמה שאני יודע לעברית אין שום קשר לספות אחרות. חוץ מאולי ארמית. וגם הדקדוק יחסית מוזר.
@inbarsimana3811
Жыл бұрын
@@rollsaround2096 עברית היא שפה שמית ויש לנו קשר להמון שפות שעדיין חיות וגם כאלה שמתו, המשפחה השמית מאוד עשירה וגדולה. ערבית, עברית, ארמית, אמהרית, אכדית (מתה), אשורית, אבלאית, אמורית, טיגרינית ועוד הרבה שפות
@bellabana
Жыл бұрын
Show me proof your God exists….oh wait, you can’t! God is Santa Claus for grownups!
@PROVOCATEURSK
Жыл бұрын
Such unlogical thing to say. He is learning, not getting it for free. May Lucifer free your mind from cultist thinking.
Man…the channel name, the video title 👌 compliments to the chef
bro i liked your video and then i tried to like it again because it was so nice
This guy would probably win a battle against duolingo😫
@K4H_974
Жыл бұрын
This guy IS Duolingo
@leviblalock7996
Жыл бұрын
Or at least win a lil taco. Lol
@beorlingo
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Duolingo maybe...
Crazy how much u can understand with German as your mother tongue! 🤯
@DannyPhantom757
Жыл бұрын
Alles.
@mafujutz
Жыл бұрын
Ja weil es vom deutschen abgeht man kann es sehr mit Österreichisch oder schweizer deutsch vergleichen
@mithridatesi9981
Жыл бұрын
Man bezeichnet Yiddish auch als Judendeutsch
@illumicrafthd293
Жыл бұрын
Krasser mindblow
@alexender6272
Жыл бұрын
@@mafujutz ich finde, dass es vor allem dem bayerischen Dialekt sehr nahe kommt. Noch viel eher als schweizerdeutsch.
The response from people, for his effort is priceless!
This guy is amazing,I only can't believe him when he says that he has been learning for only a few weeks
Being a jew, this was amazing. I understood a lot of what they were talking about.
@TheJleliot
Жыл бұрын
Happy sukkot
@qwertyeet
Жыл бұрын
@@TheJleliot thanks so much
@TheJleliot
Жыл бұрын
@@qwertyeet Watching this I sure feel like I lost out on not growing up in this atmosphere. My brother in Baltimore has a community with almost all Jewish people. It's a different feeling
@AM-gm5jg
Жыл бұрын
Happy sukkot
@artiek1177
Жыл бұрын
Chag Samaiach!
The extra touch with the text bubbles was very insightful and made the video more interesting. You effort doesn't go unnoticed!
This was a cool video to watch because even though I've learned Hebrew, I could understand the Yiddish thanks to the German I've studied!!😆😂🤣 LOL! It's great that you have such a love for languages! I enjoy watching these videos, and it will keep me learning more as well! Baruch Hashem!
This is like my fave channel ever.
I love this channel so much. Hearing the different dialects that you speak and the shock on everyone's face is just some of the best content I've ever consumed on KZread.
Learning a new language is such a struggle for me. That’s such an amazing gift Xiaoma has. It’s awesome to see true peace across so many cultures.
@severine2257
Жыл бұрын
Seriously. It takes me years to process a basic understanding of another language
@sweetrocks610
Жыл бұрын
The time he had his brain scanned, the neurologist thinks he has bilateral language, meaning that he can process and develop language in both hemispheres of his brain, which is uncommon in men. This might explain partly why he can learn and retain so many languages.
@glenishii2022
Жыл бұрын
I think it helps if you have a photographic memory
@valkyrie1066
Жыл бұрын
RIGHT??? Wouldn''t it be so very cool to be able to chat with EVERYONE????
@goldenera777
Жыл бұрын
Learn about Comprensible Input. It is basically learning a language like a native baby would. With that, little by little u acquire a language until u speak n understand it quite well. Don't give up, I know u can achieve what u set ur mind to. We are lucky to be able to watch this YT channel, it is honestly an inspiration to everyone.
Bro his head in the wine store when he was talking to the guy at the counter was smooshed and looked hilarious!!!
You speak really good Yiddish. I'm ( GERMAN-JEWISH) too and I can speak some Yiddish but I was born and raised in America. So I can only speak fluently. But you do a great job and you speak so fluently I like that