Helllllllo Yossi:A quick look in Weinreich drives away the shadows: 1. art. The (neuter) 2. pron. This. Harkavy is a bit better since he also indicates that it sometimes acts as a conjunction and gives examples.
It might be nice to have a nod to this in a future ed. of Maher. B Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger wrote:
I have this title: דאָס איז געווען דער אָנהייב As my Yiddish/German knowledge goes - I don't think that דאָס is an article and that it should not be ignored. Am I correct? Yossi