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CHAPTER 3

SHALOM:
THE PEACE THAT COMES
FROM BEING WHOLE

The root word from which the Hebrew word
shalom grows is shalem, whole, complete.
Shalem, the three-consonant root, is spelled
in Hebrew, מלש. Reading from right to left,
the letters are spelled in English shin, lamed,
mem. The addition of only one Hebrew let-
ter, the vav, which stands for a vowel sound,
makes the word shalom, מולש.
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Hence: shalom is the peace that comes from be-
ing whole.
Mr. Horowitz explained it to his Hebrew
language students as follows. And remem-
ber, they are Jewish and are familiar with the
greeting “Shalom.”

מלש – BE WHOLE, COMPLETE
It probably never occurred to you and it may
faintly amuse you to know that when some-
one says to you inquiringly “םולש ךל” – he is
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