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What is the reason it is common to find English writings by religious Jews permeated by transliterated Hebrew, instead of pure English?
What I mean is that religious Jews often use words like shabbos, mitzvot, teshuvah, siddur. Why not use the English words, Sabbath, laws, repentance/penance, and liturgal order (for example)?
After all, no two languages converge and represent each…
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Why transliterate house as beth rather than beit or beis/bais?
In various places we see the word house transliterated as beth rather than the ashkenaz or sefardic: beit or bais. What is the logic of the beth transliteration?
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