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What I do: I'll help you understand Hebrew phrases or single words, as well as answer questions about Jewish practices. What I don't do: Tattoo translations. For that, try http://www.stars21.com/translator/english_to_hebrew.html
I am a columnist for a Hebrew-language newspaper, and a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
MBA BA in the US, Grade school and high school in Israel
Simon, This is the type of question that comes up in the Talmud (and in modern-day yeshivas) quite often. The best I can do is give you my take on it: 1. Yes 2. Without the gam, we get ש
1) News Announcements = Hadashot = חדשות 2) Public Messenger = Shliakh Tziboor = שליח ציבור 3) Persuasion = Shikhnua
Marion - There have been many speculations about the Biblical Melchizadek, and there seems to be an agreement that he worshipped Abraham's God, but unlike Abraham, didn't have a covenant with God.
Rhonna - 'Ma yafita' ('you are so handsome') is an expression that came to describe the behavior of some Jews after difficult period for the community, such as a pogrom. Those who continued to maintain
Dorothy, In Hebrew and in Greek these names are spelled with an 'I', but in Latin I at the beginning of a name becomes a J (but it is pronounced as a 'Y' or 'I'. From Latin these names moved into

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