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    “יצא מצ’וקמק”

    sounds like

    “Yatsa mechukmak”

    means

    Ended up lopsided / misproportioned(?) / malshaped.

    “מה זה הרווח הזה?!”

    sounds like

    “Mah zeh harevakh ha’zeh?!”

    means

    What is this space?!

    “ציון”

    sounds like

    “Tsiyon”

    means

    Zion.

    “לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה תִּכָּתֵבוּ”

    sounds like

    “Le’shana tova tikatevu”

    May you be written for a good year. Some sorta hocus pocus they believe about how Yehaveh is more approachable this time of year and that this Yehaveh writes people’s deeds down in a ledger of good and bad deeds.

    “אופס… יצא בטעות פנטגראם”

    “Oops… yatsa betaut pentagram”

    Oops… ended up as pentagram

    “יצא בטעות ט’ במקום פ’”

    Yatsa betaut tet bimkom pey

    Ended up by mistake as (the letter) tet rather than (the letter) pey.

    “רגליים קטנות”

    Ragla’im ktanot

    Small legs.