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In the Hebrew language, the guttural letters ayin and chet often interchange, rendering litz’ok and litzchok the same.
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Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Jan. 2022
The visible writing shows the letters yod, resh, bet, ayin and lamed, with remnants of other characters suggesting the original message was longer.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
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Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Jan. 2022
The visible writing shows the letters yod, resh, bet, ayin and lamed, with remnants of other characters suggesting the original message was longer.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
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“Ayin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ayin. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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