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

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From: Yitzchok Levine _Larry.Levine at stevens.edu_ 
(mailto:Larry.Levine at stevens.edu) 

Quoting  R' Seth Mandel:  
>>  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.  Arabic (and  Germanic/Yiddish) were only used for 
customs that did not have a Jewish  background (e.g. shtreimel or 
yarmulke or farbrengen). <<
 
 
>>>>>>
 
What about negel vasser?
 


--Toby  Katz
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