[Avodah] Nitlnakht

[Stephen R. Simons]

Nitlnakht
Among some circles the custom is to play chess, which sharpens the intellect 
without learning leshem alias nishmas the birthday boy. Nitl is probably 
derived from natale. There is a Yiddish folk etymology that it is from 
nit or nisht as in nishtik!
Shimon Simons
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