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The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is "dalet" and not "daled." Why, then, do Ashkenazi Jews not pronounce it as "dales." I have heard an answer that "dales" sounds too much like "dalus", poverty but that doesn't make sense to me. Dalet sounds like dalut so nothing is gained. Is this indeed based on some religious consideration?

The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is "dalet" and not "daled." Why, then, do Ashkenazi Jews not pronounce it as "dales." I have heard an answer that "dales" sounds too much like "dalus", poverty but that doesn't make sense to me. Dalet sounds like dalut so nothing is gained.

The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is "dalet" and not "daled." Why, then, do Ashkenazi Jews not pronounce it as "dales." I have heard an answer that "dales" sounds too much like "dalus", poverty but that doesn't make sense to me. Dalet sounds like dalut so nothing is gained. Is this indeed based on some religious consideration?

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The letter Dalet

The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is "dalet" and not "daled." Why, then, do Ashkenazi Jews not pronounce it as "dales." I have heard an answer that "dales" sounds too much like "dalus", poverty but that doesn't make sense to me. Dalet sounds like dalut so nothing is gained.