Modern Hebrew/ Lashon Kodesh

 

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Parshas Hashavua נח   'שפה אחת בראשית י"א א   וחד אמר שהיו מדברים בלשון יחידו של עולם -בלשון הקודש---- ירשלמי מגילה פ"א ה"ט   The חתם סופר writes that לשון הקדש is limited  to only those words appearing in תנ"ך. All other words even those used by חז"ל in the Mishna etc. is not considered לשון הקדש. Unlike other languages, new words that were added years later are still considered the original language. לשון קדש is not so and even חז"ל can't add new words. Some might claim that even though many words in the Mishna were invented by Greek linguists etc.,  these words have been elevated to a higher level than other languages since they were entered into the Mishna. A similar argument can be made for Modern Hebrew, as it is the language used by most לומדי תורה in the world. It's also very probable that never in the entire history since מתן תורה has there been one single language used by so many לומדי תורה as Modern Hebrew.

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