130:(January 9, 1925 – December 2, 2017) was a Canadian anthropologist, linguist, pharmacist, composer, artist, and translator. Primary contributions have been (a) liturgical compositions for the Passover Haggadah and Sabbath prayer service, (b) translations into English as well as the setting to music of several internationally acclaimed Yiddish poets, (c) an (ongoing) project to write an etymological dictionary of Yiddish, and (d) proprietor of the second branch of
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In 1973, Hyman resumed his career as a dispensing pharmacist, working until 1990 at The
Sheppard Pharmacy (owner: Sidney Brown). Sheppard Pharmacy was located at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue in Toronto's North York borough, and through most of the 1980s had the largest volume of senior citizen
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In the 1990s, Hyman began working on compositions (and in some cases translations) of the poetry of
Yiddish and Hebrew writers. Prominent among those have been Peretz Miransky, Simche Simchovitch, Avraham Sutskever, and Natan Alterman. Two collections have been published to date (see below), and the
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Language using multiple resources to 'best estimate' the origin of words (Germanic, Semitic, Slavic, other). An intensive study of the 'word' in the original language is made. After compiling 'all' information available, the material is separated into three sections (a) Dictionary Entry with
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Pharmacy, Hyman worked for a time as a dispensing pharmacist, most notably at Halpren Drugs on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. In 1952, Hyman, along with his wife, Ruth, opened a branch of the family bookstore business on
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in 1946. During his early years, Gurion Hyman was exposed to multiple languages and developed fluency or significant proficiency in
English, Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian, and Polish. At the same time, he received formal piano training.
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Gurion Hyman died of old age on
December 2, 2017, in Toronto, Ontario, at home, surrounded by members of his family. He had been married for more than 65 years and left 3 children and 10 grandchildren.
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Presently completed are words starting with 'aleph-bais', also preliminary work on words starting with 'aleph-yod', as well as some with 'shin-aleph'.
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prescriptions in Canada. Hyman's role was to facilitate communication with the large and linguistically diverse client base of this pharmacy.
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In 1962, the couple sold the bookstore and Hyman returned to the
University of Toronto to pursue a career in
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music has been featured in a number of venues, primarily performed by the
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Sing them to Your
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Gladstone, Bill. "Plaques commemorate historic Jewish sites in
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roots) (c) A definitional section of Yiddish-English correspondence.
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Gasner, Cynthia. "Hyman's provided sforim for every occasion."
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evolutionary path (b) Cross-referenced to Dictionary of
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412:. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1998.
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362:"Gurion Hyman - Steeles Memorial Chapel"
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