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  • November 25, 2021 6:31 am at 6:31 am in reply to: Chess Invented By… #2033700
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    Oomis- close – it’s Shach (Sheik/King) Mat (dead). Mat is dead in Arabic. Similar to Meit מת in Hebrew. That’s why Israelis and Arabs today call Chess “Shachmat”. And Chess is probably just an Anglicized version of Shach.

    June 9, 2020 7:15 pm at 7:15 pm in reply to: Order of Kibbudim? #1869751
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    With all due respect to Rav Shachter, he should see the Sefer Nisuin K’Hilchasam 11:221 in the name of Rishonim that Krias Kesuba is done by chashuv Rabbonim. Not monkeys…

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