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The Truth of True Speech Part 10

Posted on July 1, 2026 by jewamongyou

The Hard and Soft Taw (ת, תּ) The letter Taw (ת, תּ) is among the letters בגדכפ”ת, which have both hard and soft versions. The hard version is just like a T and the soft version is like English TH … Continue reading →

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The Truth of True Speech Part 9

Posted on June 28, 2026 by jewamongyou

The Letter Resh (ר) The pronunciation of the letter Resh (ר) is known to be like the letter R, but the letter Resh (ר) itself varies from place to place just like the letter R. In each place, the Jews … Continue reading →

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The Truth of True Speech pt. 7

Posted on June 22, 2026 by jewamongyou

The Letter Sadi (צ) The pronunciation of the letter Sadi (צ) is known, and it is similar to the letter Semakh (ס, S), but it’s stronger. The difference between it and the Semakh (ס) is the same as the difference … Continue reading →

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The Truth of True Speech pt. 5

Posted on June 14, 2026 by jewamongyou

The Letter Teth (ט) We’ve already mentioned, in several places, that the Holy Tongue does not have two letters of identical pronunciation. Therefore, the letter Teth (ט) is not the same as the hard Taw (תּ), As the Radaq (R. … Continue reading →

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The Truth of True Speech pt. 4

Posted on June 6, 2026 by jewamongyou

The Letter Heth (ח) The pronunciation of the letter Heth (ח) is difficult for most Jewish communities. Therefore, there is disagreement, and they pronounce it in three different ways. There are those who pronounce it the same as the letter … Continue reading →

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Notes on Yemenite Hebrew

Posted on April 28, 2020 by jewamongyou

You would expect that a person like me would attract more hate, on Quora, for my political views. This is not necessarily so; some of my fellow Jews have attacked me for my default use of Yemenite Hebrew (that is … Continue reading →

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