Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers

Period of Performance

9/1/1974 - 8/31/1975

Funding Totals

$9,000.00 (approved)
$9,000.00 (awarded)


Principles of Jewish Law (Halakhic Principles) Which Left Their Traces in the Yiddish Language

FAIN: FA-10772-74

Jean Jofen
CUNY Research Foundation, Bernard Baruch College (New York, NY 10010-5585)

To understand the tremendous impact which the Halakha had on the Yiddish language. Halakhic principles regulate the whole of Jewish life since "Halakha" is not only a code prescribing the relationship between man and God, but includes the behavior of both the individual and the group.