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All three Wexes enjoy nothing better than spending Christmas in a kosher hotel in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York immersing themselves in Yiddish culture.
And now the New York Times has taken an interest.
In the feature article "No Need to Kvetch, Bubala, Yiddish... 
The response to the New York Times' weekend Yiddish question and answer competition on Ben Schott's vocabulary blog was unprecedented.
451 comments were left on the page A Bissel Yiddish?. Wex tells me that 451 is the gematria of tanna, a mishnaic sage. Unless the Mishna itself is the subject of discussion, the word, however, generally means idiot in Yiddish.
After much sifting, discussing and editing... 
Today on the New York Times Ben Schott's Vocab Blog is tackling Yiddish.
And Wex is the moderator! At the time of writing (less than 24 hours after the blog went live) there are over 380 comments where readers have asked questions, answered questions and added their voice. Who said Yiddish is dead? So go to this page on the New York Times website to add your voice to the question and answer... 