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== Origin ==
== Origin ==
The surname likely comes from ''Benedictus'' (Latin for "blessed")<ref>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendit#:~:text=It%20is%20considered%20a%20vernacular,with%20the%20same%20meaning%2C%20Benedictus.</ref>, which is ironic given what it produced. Some records suggest the Benditts were once respectable, but this ended sometime around the invention of the internet and knifes.
(Yiddish: בענדיט) is a Yiddish surname<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=KXX9AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>. It is considered a vernacular version of the Hebrew name Baruch (meaning 'blessed') likely comes from ''Benedictus'' (Latin for "blessed")<ref>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendit#:~:text=It%20is%20considered%20a%20vernacular,with%20the%20same%20meaning%2C%20Benedictus.</ref>, which is ironic given what it produced. Some records suggest the Benditts were once respectable, but this ended sometime around the invention of the internet and knifes.


== Known Lineage ==
== Known Lineage ==