Editing Litvaks (section)

==Culture==
Litvaks have an identifiable mode of pronouncing Hebrew and Yiddish; this is often used to determine the boundaries of '''Lita''' (area of settlement of Litvaks). Its most characteristic feature is the pronunciation of the vowel [[niqqud|holam]] as {{IPA|[ej]}} (as against Sephardic {{IPA|[oː]}}, Germanic {{IPA|[au]}} and Polish {{IPA|[oj]}}).

In the popular perception,{{by whom|date=November 2013}} Litvaks were considered to be more intellectual and stoic than their rivals, the [[Galician Jews|Galitzianers]], who thought of them as cold fish. They, in turn, disdained Galitzianers as irrational and uneducated. Ira Steingroot's "Yiddish Knowledge Cards" devote a card to this "Ashkenazi version of the [[Hatfield–McCoy feud|Hatfields and McCoys]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/13727/edition_id/265/format/html/displaystory.html|title=Yiddish Knowledge Cards|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> This difference is of course connected with the [[Hasidic]]/[[misnaged]] debate, Hasidism being considered the more emotional and spontaneous form of religious expression. The two groups differed not only in their attitudes and their pronunciation, but also in their [[Jewish cuisine|cuisine]]. The Galitzianers were known for rich, heavily sweetened dishes in contrast to the plainer, more savory Litvisher versions, with the boundary known as the [[Gefilte Fish Line]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/11588/this-is-no-fish-tale-gefilte-tastes-tell-story-of-ancestry/|title=This is no fish tale: Gefilte tastes tell story of ancestry|date=10 September 1999|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>