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Ripping: Larry David Teaches John Is Yiddish Israel today

2021-10-26T09:43:45.520Z


An audition for actresses that includes eating kneadels in the Passover order and a flood of "Zures" • The 11th season of Calm is bursting with laughter, and is aimed directly at the Jewish tests on the agenda • Geveld or very funny? Judge for yourselves


Baruch Creator Larry David:

21 years after it aired, Larry David's "Calm Down" is still making headlines.

This week (Sunday) the 11th season of the successful series aired (Caution, spoilers later) and provided viewers with a lesson in roots and Judaism on the purity of Yiddish, with the help of the Hollywood star, who is already a real "man", John Ham.

But that is not the end of the connection to Judaism.

In one of the scenes in the first episode, viewers were exposed to a plot line that included Larry David auditioning for actresses for his new show that included eating kneadlech in the Passover Seder.

In the end, David chose to give the role to an actress who could not pronounce the words correctly in Yiddish.

In the other part of the episode, David's friend, Albert Brooks, holds a memorial service for himself while alive, with the one who deserves to pay last respects to the living dead being John the Mother.

The mother appears at the memorial wearing a black tuxedo suit with a tear as is the custom of mourning in Judaism.

When David wonders why he came dressed like this, the mother, who is of course not a Jew, replies that it is a custom of swearing.

David replies in response: "You really went for the Jewish section."

The mother consults with David about the correct use of the word Bashert (the intended pairing in Yiddish) and wonders whether it is correct to say that he feels a lot of Bashret with the loss of their friend Albert.

In response, David explains to him that the word means destiny, and suggests that he replace the word with credit with another Yiddish word "tsures", which means trouble and even spells it for him.

Finally the mother does use it in an obituary in Albert's memory.

And it is said: violence.

Source: israelhayom

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