Photo: Shalom = Peace = Salaam

Place: Safed, Tiberias, Northern District, Israel

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Uploaded on 6 January 2008
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Shalom = Peace = Salaam

A decorated Armenian style ceramic plate was casted on a wall in an alley at the old city Safed.

Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) is a Hebrew word meaning peace, hello, goodbye and wellbeing. As it does in English, it can refer to either peace between two entities (especially between man and God or between two countries), or to the well-being, welfare or safety of an individual or a group of individuals. It is also used as a greeting to either say hello or farewell, and is found in many other expressions and names. Its equivalent cognate in Arabic is salaam and sälam

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