shava

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S also stands for Shava shava, which is not to be confused with the Sanskrit meaning 'corpse'.

Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010
"I make not the shava, Signore," he said, "I am the courier -- for your kind dispositione I am here."

A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan
Someone who thinks that artists shouldn't make any money from art? shava

Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
I'm sure it would be a rounding error on his taxes... shava

Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
The problem, though, is that the Zelophehad interpretation is presented as a gzeirah shava and it is the opinion of most later authorities that the Tannaim didn't create their own gzeirah shavas.

DovBear 2010
On BT Shabbas 96b, Rabbi Akiva identifies Zelophehad as the mkoshesh eitzim or stick-gatherer on the basis of a gezeira shava that is a word the appears twice in different contexts.

DovBear 2010
- trolling with shava-shava to the fishing grounds

Chapter 7 1983
I’ll cooperate with settlers on this unless they make a gezerah shava between Darfur and Gush Katif.

Jerusalem Area Yeshiva Students Organize Darfur Rally | Jewschool 2006