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Where does “שלום עליכם” come from?

שלום עליכם (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם — peace be upon you.

שלום עליכם (Yiddish): shalom aleichem

Definitions

  1. shalom aleichem

Ancestry of “שלום עליכם”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶםpeace be upon you
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