Last Month Philologos Asked for Language Help, and Got It https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/arts-culture/2019/02/last-month-philologos-asked-for-language-help-and-got-it/

A Mosaic reader was able to solve the mystery of the Yiddish expression tapn a vant, “to grope a wall.”

February 20, 2019 | Philologos

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