Talk:Mazel tov

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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was page renamed. Mazel tov on reaching consensus after only three days! —harej (talk) (cool!) 00:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mazal tov → Mazel tov — This page should be moved back to "mazel tov", it is the most common English spelling (Per WP:USEENGLISH), "mazel tov" is found in the dictionary as the primary entry (and the only entry in Merriam-Webster here), whereas "mazal tov" is either not found, or is found as a spelling varient. In addition, it beats 2:1 in Google test. - Epson291 (talk) 15:57, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The proposed title is how it's usually written in English. Jafeluv (talk) 22:07, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. — ^\`CRAZY`(lN)`SANE^`^/ (talk • contribs) 09:36, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support: as nom. - Epson291 (talk) 10:50, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support the proposed move; it makes sense. Hertz1888 (talk) 11:55, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Just as a note, "mazel" is Yiddish, "mazal" is Hebrew" (ancient as well as contemporary). Debresser (talk) 01:17, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Drive by critic[edit]

dont get me wrong boys but the whole article stinks its not even clear wether maseltov is good or bad no sources, nothing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.104.108.244 (talk) 00:37, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Using the Black Eyed Peas as a ref?[edit]

While it's probably correct that this is a well known Yiddish phrase, I've tagged this up as deducing that from a mention in a Black Eyed Peas video borders on WP:OR/WP:SYNTH -- 146.115.187.103 (talk) 02:27, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Compliment[edit]

I always thought Mazel Tov had a slightly different connotation, that you were acknowledging someone for a good deed. So not just a congratulation, but more a compliment for doing something worthwhile, for being a mensch. Or am I mixing it up with a different phrase? 146.137.70.70 (talk) 14:35, 3 February 2017 (UTC) Ken[reply]

You are mistaken. Debresser (talk) 16:28, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not so sure. Mazel tov is pretty similar to mazette!, which is a surprise exclamation when someone does a memorable, improbable hat trick. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB11:13:D700:88BD:FDE9:7977:78D3 (talk) 01:17, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]