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Twenty years of Balashon (!). Here’s a quick anniversary interview with myself—how it began, what kept it going, and what the numbers look like:
balashon.com/2026/02/20th-a…
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The connection between ghibli and the Hebrew kibel קבל:
balashon.com/2025/04/ghibli…
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New post - the clown words leitzan and mukion:
balashon.com/2024/12/leitza…
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New post about kartis, card, and chaltura:
balashon.com/2024/08/kartis…
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New post about the connection between zonda and sound:
balashon.com/2024/08/zonda.…
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A new post where I discuss the connection between "chayil" and "chayal": balashon.com/2024/08/chayil… You may be surprised at the common source.
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New post about the various meanings of אמן: emunah, amen, emet, umanut and more:
balashon.com/2024/07/emunah…
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New post about bara (create) and bari (healthy):
balashon.com/2024/07/bara-a…
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New post about Hebrew cognates to the Arabic "intifada":
balashon.com/2024/06/intifa…
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New post about the history of the word tallit. I always thought it had a Hebrew origin, but turns out a Greek one may be more likely:
balashon.com/2024/06/tallit…
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@JusBass Took a little while, but I finally wrote about it:
balashon.com/2024/05/halvaa…
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@balashon is there any relationship between לוויה “funeral”, הלוואי “if only”, and הלוואה “loan”?
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