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Post Sat, Jul 15 2023, 7:13 pm
Gut voch ladies!

DH and I were discussing this on Shabbos and wondering if any native Yiddish speakers can clarify. Is the name Pessel פעסל a diminutive or a completely different name from Pesha פעשא?

Is Tzeitel (not sure how to spell it) from Tziporah or totally unrelated?

Is Hodel (also not sure how to spell it) from Yehudis?

TIA!
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Kumphort




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Jul 15 2023, 7:17 pm
Sounds like you were analyzing fiddler on the roof 😃
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Post Sat, Jul 15 2023, 7:21 pm
Kumphort wrote:
Sounds like you were analyzing fiddler on the roof 😃


Haha I know, right? Very Happy

The Tzeitel/ Hodel thing came up after we were debating whether Pesha and Pessel are the same basic name.
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TriAspora




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Jul 15 2023, 7:22 pm
Tseitel is a form of Sarah
Hodel is from Hadassah
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zaq




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Jul 15 2023, 7:25 pm
Pesha and Pessel are both corruptions of Batya via Basya to Basha to Besha to Pesha to Pessel.
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Post Mon, Jul 17 2023, 7:40 am
Just realized I never responded to this thread, thanks ladies for the information!
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