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"I still can't taste the nafka minah between Coke and Pepsi."
Lo naim means more than "unpleasant" and has no exact English equivalent.
In addition to meaning “thus”, ken also means valid.
Chanucah celebrates the Jewish victory over the Yevanim, the Greeks.
Charif means hot and spicy, not for the faint-hearted. It also means intelligent and insightful.
Eitan means strong, lasting.
Mugmar is a talmudic term that refers to the spices put over the coals at the end of a meal in order to fragrance the room.
In modern Hebrew, nin means “great-grandson”.
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