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tigerwife
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 Tue, Jan 24 2023, 1:21 pm
Is there any hard rule about capitalizing Hebrew words in English? Somehow, many seem to take on the form of a proper noun when they are transliterated while not necessarily translating as such.
What would you do with the following words?
Bais Yaakov (not the name of a school, but the kind of school. A “bais yaakov”, a prep school, a yeshiva
Klal (he did much for the klal)
Names of Mitzvos (chesed versus Bikur Cholim?)
Bais Medrish
Middos like Hasmada, Tznius, Gevurah
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tigerwife
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Tue, Jan 24 2023, 2:14 pm
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Thanks, Vintage! That’s a great resource.
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ectomorph
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Tue, Jan 24 2023, 2:23 pm
I write for ease of reading and understanding, so I'll pick a visually familiar spelling over a more accurate spelling. I write Hanukkah instead of Chanukah, which looks clunky to the non religious reader. But I also write Yehudis rather than Judith.
I try to use English in English. You'll notice in my writing that I use G-d instead of Hashem, for example. Even when I quote a Hebrew source, I usually present it entirely in English.
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