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in reply to a message by Sara Ruth
Could Pescha have anything to do with Pesach? Looks tempting ... a Yiddish female version of Pascal?
My mother (not a Jew) was Beatrice, and one of her Jewish friends always called her Bess. Nobody else ever did. Perhaps it goes back a long way?
My mother (not a Jew) was Beatrice, and one of her Jewish friends always called her Bess. Nobody else ever did. Perhaps it goes back a long way?
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