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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ChabadKahanist on April 17, 2014, 01:10:19 AM

Title: Why do they call Shaar HaAshpot Dung Gate in English
Post by: ChabadKahanist on April 17, 2014, 01:10:19 AM

Ahspa or plural ashpot means garbage or rubbish.
Dung means excrement.
I fail to understand why they translate it to Dung Gate.