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The bound festival of Passover commemorates the emancipation of the ancient Israelites from slavery. The celebration is a joyous occasion in the Jewish religion.[i] If yous accept Jewish friends or family, you can impress them and earn a reputation as a existent mensch by learning to say "Happy Passover" in the Hebrew linguistic communication.

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    Say "Sameach" for "happy. " In Hebrew, the idea of happiness is expressed with the word "Simcha." To say "happy" as an adjective, we utilise "sameach," which is derived from the substantive.

    • This word is pronounced "sah-MEY-akh." Utilize a hard "k" audio with a raspy quality from the back of the throat. Don't use an English "ch" sound.[two]

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    Use "Pesach" for "Passover. " This is the traditional Hebrew name for the holiday.

    • "Pesach" is pronounced "PAY-sock." It's pronounced well-nigh exactly like these two English words. Again, end the word with a hard, raspy "kh" sound, non a "ch" sound.

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    Flip the order of the words. In Hebrew phrases, the words in a sentence aren't ever in the aforementioned club that they are in English language.[3] In this instance, the adjective comes after the substantive, so "Happy Passover" is actually "Pesach Sameach".

    • To pronounce the whole phrase, just put the pronunciations above together: "PAY-sock sah-MEY-akh." Congratulate yourself for learning a new Hebrew phrase!

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    Optionally, put "chag" at the beginning of "Pesach sameach. " "Chag" is the traditional Hebrew give-and-take for "festival" from scripture.[4] Saying "chag Pesach sameach" is basically like proverb, "Happy Passover Festival!" This isn't really whatsoever amend or worse than the basic phrase above — just different.

    • "Chag" is pronounced "KHAHG." Information technology's like to the English word "cog," with the same breathy, raspy sound described above used for the c.
    • Some sources suggest that "chag" is used specially by Sephardic Jews.[five]

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    Drib "Pesach" for "Chag Sameach. " Literally, this means "Happy festival." It'southward a picayune like saying "Happy holidays" in English.

    • You tin apply this for most Jewish holidays, simply information technology's best of all for Passover, Sukkot, and Shavu'ot, which are technically the only religious festivals.[6] Chanukah and other days of celebration are technically holidays.

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    Utilize "Chag kasher v'sameach" to impress. This is a somewhat fancy way of wishing someone a happy holiday. The rough meaning is, "Have a happy and kosher holiday." Hither, you lot're referencing the Jewish concept of Kashrut (religious dietary laws).

    • This phrase is pronounced "KHAGH kah-SHEHR vuh-sah-MEY-akh." "Chag" and "sameach" are pronounced the same as above. "Kasher" uses a low-cal r sound pronounced at the very back of the mouth — almost like a French r. Don't forget to add together a very quick v sound before "sameach."

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    Try "Chag Kashruth Pesach" for a Passover-specific greeting. The meaning here is similar to the phrase above: "Accept a happy kosher Passover." The departure is that this phrase specifically mentions Passover, while the one to a higher place is used for many holidays.

    • You can pronounce "kashruth" every bit "kash-ROOT" or "kash-RUTH" — both are acceptable.[vii] In either case, utilize the tip of your tongue to make a light r sound. This is quite similar to the Spanish r sound.

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    Utilise "Happy Pesach" if you want to crook. Tin can't handle the catchy Hebrew pronunciations in this article? Effort this "Henglish" alternative. Though it's non exactly a traditional holiday greeting, many English-speaking Jews use this as a convenient "shortcut" during Passover.

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    My Hungarian grandmother used to say "Azizen Pesach," what does that hateful exactly?

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    That generally translates to "Zeesen Pesach," pregnant "Accept a sugariness Passover."

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    What usually happens during Passover with Jewish families?

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    Ordinarily, you will get over to friends and family seders. For all of Passover, y'all don't eat yeast or bread.

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    What does Fifty'Shanah Tovah mean?

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    The Hebrew mutual greeting on Rosh Hashanah is Shanah Tovah (Hebrew: שנה טובה‎‎) (pronounced [ʃaˈna toˈva]), which translated from Hebrew means "[accept] a expert year". Often Shanah Tovah Umetukah (Hebrew: שנה טובה ומתוקה‎‎), meaning "A Good and Sweet Year", is used.

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  • The blatant "kh" sound used in these phrases can exist especially tough for English speakers to manage. Try these pronunciation examples to hear native Hebrew speakers use it.[eight]

  • This page has an sound clip of "kasher" which illustrates the difficult r sound at the end of the give-and-take.[9]

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