What does "Oy Vey!" mean?

Library » Miscellaneous » Hebrew / Languages » Other Languages | Subscribe | What is RSS? PRINT EMAIL COMMENT Rabbi Shlomo Chein: Welcome. I'll be with you in a moment...what's on your mind? Brenda: can you tell me what oy vey! means please Rabbi Shlomo Chein: it's Yiddish, and it is an expression of woe, or a sigh type of thing (it's also sometimes spelled as "oy vay") Brenda: Ok, thanks speak next time:-) Brenda: bye All names, places, and identifying information have been changed or deleted in order to protect the privacy of the questioners. In order to preserve authenticity, the chat sessions have been posted with a minimum of editing. Please excuse typographical errors, missing punctuation, and/or grammatical mistakes which naturally occur in the course of informal chat sessions. ADD A COMMENT Please email me when new comments are posted (you must be  logged in). COMMENTS what does Oy Vey mean? Posted by: Anonymous, New Zealand on Jan 23, 2006 Interesting I have often wondered how you kept things confidential. This is a chat I had with Rabbi Chein, my name is nothing like Brenda, maybe I should use that as an alias now 8-) Thanks for everything you all make life so much better! read more less Email to a friend Post a comment cancel Loading...