Joys of Hebrew

When do you say mazal tov? What is the English equivalent to the Talmudic expression Alya ve-kots ba ("a sheep''s tail with a thorn in it")? What is a get, a golem, a kibbutz, a chalutz? What four plant species are waved during prayers on the harvest festival of Sukkot? You''ll find answers to these questions and hundreds of others--all in clear English--in this remarkable collection of the best k...