Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site 3comvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!3comvax!michaelm From: michaelm@3comvax.UUCP (Michael McNeil) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Re: Dvar Torah Project returns Message-ID: <163@3comvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 19:56:31 EDT Article-I.D.: 3comvax.163 Posted: Tue Aug 20 19:56:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 14:35:32 EDT References: <148@erc3ba.UUCP> <263@sesame.UUCP> <1857@aecom.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: 3Com Corp; Mountain View, CA Lines: 19 > > > > Hip-Hip-Horay!!! > > > > I heard in jewish history class a few years ago, that HIP stands for > Jeusalem is subjugated ( or something similar ) and that it was the Romans > victory cheer upon returning to Rome. Hardly a phrase to be used by Jews. > > > Eliyahu Teitz. The *American Heritage Dictionary* reads as follows: hip[4] (hip) *interj*. Used as a cheer or a signal for a cheer: *Hip, hip, hurrah!* [Origin uncertain.] I'm not a Jew, but the origin of this phrase doesn't seem settled to me. -- Michael McNeil