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Re: Yiddish name SHNEUR
in reply to a message by Joel
I have often heard Shneur is from French "Seigneur" (lord). So indeed, Senior seems right... "Two lights" would indeed be Shneorot!I actually asked my husband. He said, maybe "SECOND light"!


~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
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No, not second light - that would be or sheni. Ah well, same base form so it doesn't matter all that much.

This message was edited 10/9/2007, 2:37 PM

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