Talk:Tzohar

Tzohar rabbinical organization
Tzohar, the moderate Orthodox rabbinical organization (see e.g. ) has been highly notable politically and been the subject of extensive Knesset debates and media coverage (see e.g. ). They've been discussed by multiple important Israeli politicians. Rabbi Shai Piron, a Tzohar co-founder, has just been elected to the Knesset as number 2 on Yesh Atid's parliamentary list, and Rabbi David Stav, current leader of the organization, has received extensive media coverage as a serious candidate for becoming one of Israel's next Chief Rabbis. So why is there no article on the Tzohar organization, with the term Tzohar used solely for the obscure Israeli village of this name rather than the much more notable rabbinical organization? --69.126.21.96 (talk) 05:53, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Spelling
Spelling the name Tzohar is misleading. I changed it to Tzokhar because that is the current standard for transliteration. There are many precedents on Wikipedia. See, for example, Kokhav Michael. Sometimes "ch" is used, which in this case would also lead to mispronunciation--Geewhiz (talk) 16:20, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * This is not the same case. Kh = כ, which is true for Kokhav Michael. For ח we use h, and in some cases ḥ. I don't think it's misleading, the correct sound for ח sounds a lot more like h than kh (כ). There is also a tendency among English-speakers to pronounce kh as k. The final option, ch, is just bad IMO, English is not German, and ch for ח is a Germanism that I think is outdated and should never be used in English. In any case, this very discussion was held many times at WP:HE until a consensus was reached for a guideline. I really don't see a need to change how ח is transliterated. —Ynhockey (Talk) 15:00, 19 June 2018 (UTC)