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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.
Dor is "generation" in Hebrew.
A bor is an ignoramus.
In the Bible, Adam was the name of the first human and is also the generic Hebrew word for humans in general.
On Pesach we switch from mentioning rain in the Amidah to speaking of tal, dew.
Be'etzem hayom hazeh is about redemption openly triumphing over the doubters and oppressors.
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