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1. Judaism"To life": a Jewish drinking toast.

   Drink l'chaim, to life, to life, l'chaim! L'chaim, l'chaim, to life!

   1964, “To Life”, in Sheldon Harnick (lyrics), Jerry Bock (music), Fiddler On The Roof

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1. JudaismA toast

   There's a little kiddush, and one of the rabbis may wander around with a bottle of mashke if people want to make a little lechaim, but that's about it.

   2002 September 30, Jonathan J. Baker, “Drinking on Simchas Torah”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)