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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 7:52 pm
As far as I know the word Inshallah means G-d wiling in Arabic (note the Allah in the word) I looked it up because I'm sure there is more to it than that if Shwekey named a song after it.. Couldn't find much except that it may have Jewish roots.. Does anyone know more about this??
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FranticFrummie
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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 7:56 pm
At my old shul, all the Jewish Moroccan ladies say this. I was shocked at first, but apparently among certain Sephardic groups, it's not considered a problem.
Don't know much about Shwekey, though.
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shaindy3
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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 7:57 pm
Yes it's an Arabic word for G-d willing. That's all it is. People in sephardic communities use it a lot.
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shaindy3
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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 7:59 pm
FranticFrummie wrote: | At my old shul, all the Jewish Moroccan ladies say this. I was shocked at first, but apparently among certain Sephardic groups, it's not considered a problem.
Don't know much about Shwekey, though. |
Why should it be a problem?
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bluebird
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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 8:13 pm
Many middle eastern Jewish communities have spoken Arabic or Judeo-Arabic for hundreds of years.
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Rubber Ducky
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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 8:26 pm
Yaakov Shwekey is Sephardi.
Many words and phrases have origins that fade over time. The Spanish "Ojalá" meaning "I wish!" or "G-d (Allah) willing" is also from Arabic.
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2cents
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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 8:52 pm
Persians say it also.
How is it any different than using the word G-d?
If anything, it may be better, seeing that the Gd is used to refer to JC, or to a member of the so called trinity, and avoda zara, whereas the Arabic word is referring to the diety of Avraham avinu.
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amother
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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 9:12 pm
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