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Different customs in pronunciation of the Hebrew Aleph-bet. Specifically, the letter "Tav"/"Sav" (ת) which is the final letter in Shabbat/Shabbas (שבת) is pronounced like a "T" by Sephardi, Mizrahi, Liberal Jewish, and Israeli communities. It is pronounced like an "S" by Orthodox Ashkenazi communities. The differences in letter pronunciation developed over time as the Hebrew spoken in Europe began to take on more "European-sounding" aspects.

A similar example of this trend is that there is a disagreement between Ashkenazim and Mizrahim on how to pronounce the letter "Sadi"/"Tzadi" (צ). Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Liberal Jewish, and Israeli communities all pronounce it as a "ts" sound, which is analogous to the Slavic "c". Mizrahi Jewish communities pronounce the letter as an emphatic "s", which is analogous to the Arabic "sad" (ص). This results in Ashkenazi and Mainstream Jews saying "Matzah" while Mizrahi Jews will say "Masah".

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