Students used old Hebrew newspapers and concocted lessons themselves when no Jewish teachers could be found.

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The iron-and-carbon-based ink used in one of the oldest Hebrew commentaries on the Old Testament is an example of this.

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It's specific to Sephardic Jews and based on old Spanish, with words borrowed from Hebrew and the many countries in which they have settled since.

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It is a commonplace of Jewish-Christian dialogue that both have a common root in the Hebrew Scriptures which Christians call the Old Testament.

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Most traditional hummus places are housed in old buildings, often hidden down alleyways and with signs only in Hebrew or Arabic.

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