shalom

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Considering how the TV in my neck of the woods has been flooded for the past few months with tourism ads for Israel, stressing the word shalom, I find the irony striking.

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  • My late mother, aleha ha-shalom, told me repeatedly that I had a religious obligation to learn every day, and I have honored her memory by doing exactly that.
  • Considering how the TV in my neck of the woods has been flooded for the past few months with tourism ads for Israel, stressing the word shalom, I find the irony striking. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • As much as they insist upon seeing themselves as a "shalom-seeking" nation, they also love to be led by politicians with an astonishing record of murderous activity. —  Ziopedia - The Politically Incorrect Encyclopedia
  • Parody Written by: shalom, my shi-ite all the girls wear their hijab like this so what if i was born in iraq —  Latest amIright Song Parodies
  • Friday I had two goals: to make a really nice shabbat dinner and to help my daughter and her husband get ready for a shalom zachor. —  English-writing Israeli-bloggers
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  1. Hebrew šālôm, peace; see šlm in Semitic roots.
 

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