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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 three weeks between the fasts of Tammuz 17 and Av 9 next week are called the period of bein hametzarim, between the straits or narrow places.
Before eating bread, we wash our hands and say the blessing al netilat yadayim, which literally means “on the taking of hands”.
The word nimusim is of Greek origins and entered Hebrew in talmudic times.
The word meforaz is biblical and refers to unwalled cities.
Rabbi Julian Sinclair dips into the dictionary
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