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For example, they noted that Hebrew words with the letter zayin often resembled Aramaic words with the letter dalet: in Hebrew zachar means "to remember," whereas the Aramaic equivalent is dechar.
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For example, they noted that Hebrew words with the letter zayin often resembled Aramaic words with the letter dalet: in Hebrew zachar means "to remember," whereas the Aramaic equivalent is dechar.
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To this Joab replied, "My teacher taught me to read zachar and not zeichar," i.e., male, and not remembrance.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
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Mishkav zachar is such a horrible sin that you are commanded to submit to being killed (yehareg v'al yaavor) rather than committing it. "
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He says that his religion teaches him that, "when you engage in mishkav zachar (gay sex), you are inflicting harsh damage on your precious Jewish spirit.
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And take into account Chazal’s explicit assumption of universal heterosexual orientation statements like Every man desires a woman, Mishkav zachar is not mutually pleasurable, etc.
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