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Is Klezmer Hebrew or Yiddish?

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First of all, you have to understand that many Yiddish terms come from Hebrew ...
(just as many Yiddish terms come from Russian, Polish, and English, among others).

Today, "Klezmer" is considered a Yiddish word. But it's origin is in the Hebrew words
"klay zemer", meaning roughly "implements of song", or musical instruments.

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