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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.
Hergel means routine or habit and comes from regel, foot or leg.
Kohelet can mean the assembler of an audience who will listen to his sayings.
Genesis uses the word matar for rain.
An orayach is a guest. It derives from the biblical word orach, meaning “way”.
The biblical name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom Teruah.
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