[Avodah] Are Upsherin and Bonfires Taken from the Gentiles?

[David Riceman]

RSM:
>> For a linguist, the importance of the ceremony being called "halaqe" 
>> (Arabic for "shaving, haircut") also cannot be overemphasized.  As 
>> most people are aware, Jews have always used Hebrew words for old 
>> Jewish minhogim, even if there was a suitable term in the spoken 
>> language (e.g. Shabbos rather than Sabbath, or bris rather than 
>> circumcision), because the Hebrew term carried with it the 
>> connotations of the Jewish dinim and minhogim associated with it.
Me:
> Yahrzeit?
They're not exactly customs, but I might add:

Bentsching? Licht bentsching?
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> David Riceman
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