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Can Hebrews speak yiddish

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Yes. It's especially common in the Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem, the world's strictest, most Orthodox Jewish community in the world. The refuse to speak Hebrew, except during prayer, because they don't recognize Israel as a state, since the Messiah hasn't come.

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