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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.
Yachad means "together" and comes from echad, one.
Rashi explains ploni to mean covered and hidden, deriving from a word looked at recently in this column - peleh.
Synagogues, study houses, and even homes are called mikdash me'at, a small temple.
Madda means science in modern Hebrew.
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