If you had asked me what a “pesel” was before I moved to Israel, I would have unhesitatingly said “idol.” You know, like in the Ten Commandments: “Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image” -- or, in Hebrew, “pesel.”
Word of the Day / Pesel פֶּסֶל
In the modern era, Israelis have taken a biblical term and more or less stripped it of its idol-worship connotations by making it their go-to word for 'sculpture' or 'statue.'
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