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Dagesh: (a) emphasis; (b) a grammatical mark indicated by a dot inserted within certain Hebrew letters Related Topics Gematria (11) Miscellaneous Hebrew words (2) Aleph-Beit, The (213) Dagesh (2) Hebrew vowel signs (20) Atbash (2) Kri and Ktiv (2) What's Up with the Dots in Hebrew Letters? (Q & A) By Eliezer Posner Question: Why do some of the Hebrew letters have dots in them, and why do the same letters, in the same words, sometimes appear with dots and sometimes without? Answer: A prime example of this phenomenon is the name of the Egyptian king, Pharaoh, פרעה. In... Learning & Values » Questions & Answers » Jewish Identity The Difference Between Sepharadic and Ashkenazic Pronunciation (Q & A) The Great “Shabbos” vs. “Shabbat” Debate By Yehuda Shurpin My Sepharadi friends celebrate Shabbat, and my Ashkenazi friends call it Shabbos. The Sepharadim call a groom a chatan, and the Ashkenazim refer to him as a chosson. To bolster their claim, the Sepharadim evoke modern Hebrew pronunciation, which follows t... Learning & Values » Questions & Answers » Ask "Rabbi Y"

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