01-01-A good slide into the new year / January 1, 2023 /

My colleague and friend in Zurich taught me the phrase Guten Rutsch:

It translates to good slide,” and funny enough, it’s completely senseless. Derived from the Yiddish phrase a git Rosch” (ראש השנה טוב), it means a good beginning.” Most likely, that Yiddish phrase was jokingly translated to the similar-sounding guten Rutsch.” Nowadays, the phrase is commonly understood as sliding into the new year.

May we all have a good slide into the new year!