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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.
The Shulchan Aruch is accepted today as the authoritative code of Jewish law.
Chibah means affection or love.
Dikduk means grammar in modern Hebrew.
To "lose it" in English means lose one's temper. In Hebrew we say "labed (to lose) eshtonot".
The Sambatyon is a mythical river separating the Ten Lost Tribes from the rest of Israel.
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