Mazel tov and L'Chaim
Basically, congratulations, to be said after finishing reading the torah at a bar/bat mitzvah or after a wedding ceremony etc (literally good stars i think) and cheers after drinking wine or summat like that (literally - to life).
(, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 13:46, Reply)
Thanks!
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t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 13:55,
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Step 1, usurp
Step 2 ???
Step 3 profit
the underpants gnomes taught me everything i need to know in life.
(, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 14:13, Reply)
Well, it's actually literally 'good luck' (mazal means luck, tov means good)
Stars are 'kochavim', the 'ch' being a guttral ch as in the Scottish 'loch'. But yes, colloquially it's entirely synonymous with congratulations.
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Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 16:58,
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