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Word: tswantsik (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moses lived to the golden age of 120-and gave his people a toast that has endured the centuries. "Biz hundert un tswantsik [until 120]," says the Jew on anniversary occasions, expressing the hope that the honored guest may live to equal Moses' span. Last week Jews all over the world raised a figurative glass to one among them that had reached the magic year: the Jewish Chronicle, the world's oldest and most influential Jewish newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Patriarch | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

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