Sabra (1939-1941); Pita, Pitah (1936)

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Named (in part) after a beard advertisement? (Your unshaven face was  said to
resemble the "sabra" prickly pear cactus, a native of Palestine.)
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(OED)
Sabra
[ad. mod.Heb. brh prickly pear.]
1.  (Also with small initial.) A Jew born in Palestine (see _PALESTINIAN_
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=sabra&first=1&ma
x_to_show=10&single=1&sort_type=alpha&xrefword=Palestinian)  a. and n.) or,
after 1948, in Israel (see _ISRAEL_
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=sabra&first=1&max_to_show=10&single=1&sort_type=alpha&xr
efword=Israel)  3). Also  attrib.
1945  Zionist Rev. 16  Nov. 8/2 Of course I was born here. No, I am not a new
immigrant,  not even an old one; I am a sabra. 1946  _KOESTLER_
(http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-k.html#koestler)  Thieves in Night I. ii. 9 They
were  They wnicknamed after the thorny, rather tasteless  fruit of the cactus,
grown on arid earth, tough, hard-living, scant. Ibid. II. ii.  95 These
Sabra-boys regard a glass of wine as something like  opium or hashish. 1949  Promise
& Fulfilment 222 He  is a sabra, with a pleasant open face and good physique.
1958  M. E. SPIRO  Children of Kibbutz p. x, My  research problem, therefore,
was restricted to the relationships between kibbutz  child training and sabra
(one born and raised in a kibbutz) personality. 1971  Times 28 Sept. (Israel
Suppl.) p. iv/4 Only two of the 18 Ministers in Israel's Government are
sabras, native Israel Jews... There is no sabra university  president. 1977  Time 4
July 16/1 Begin's  predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin, was a nonobservant Sabra who
often seemed  uncomfortable wearing a yarmulke and unfamiliar with the words of
daily prayers.
2.  (See quots.)
1970  House & Garden Nov. 139/1  Sabra is a new liqueur from Israel..a blend
of Jaffa orange and  chocolate. 1975  Times 11 Jan. 11/5 Sabra, the  Israel
liqueur made with bitter oranges and a very bitter Swiss chocolate.
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PALESTINE POST
12 May 1939
pg. 8:
The "Sabra" is a native of Palestine. All men say that the strong
Palestinian sun makes hair grow stiffer and more stubborn.
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As hard and prickly as a cactus the Sabra Beard plays mischief  with a man's
social ambitions...
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SHEMEN SHAVING CREAM
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PALESTINE POST
5 June 1939
pg. 2:
No matter how tough the Sabra Beard may be--your razor glides  through the
smooth lather of Shemen Shaving Cream.
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PALESTINE POST
25 July 1939
pg. 6:
Even the
Stubborn
"Sabra" beard
as hard and prickly as the
cactus needles, will yield to
SHEMEN
SHAVING CREAM
AND STICK
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PALESTINE POST
28 April 1941
pg. 4:
SHEMEN
Shaving Cream
It's the topic of the moment--next to politics--for even the  toughest "Sabra
Beard" as hard and prickly as the cactus needles, yields to its  magic
creaminess.
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PALESTINE POST
30 September 1941
pg. 4:
Neither was the "native" Palestinian-born "sabra" neglected.
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PALESTINE POST
2 November 1942
pg. 4:
_Is yours a_
_"Sabra" Beard?_
The "Sabra" Beard is a native of Palestine. All men say that the  strong
Palestine sun makes hair grow stiffer and more stubborn. The persistent  and
stubborn "Sabra" beard does not yield to ordinary shaving preparations but  it will
completely surrender itself to the magic creaminess of
SHEMEN
Shaving Stick
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PALESTINE POST
26 September 1944
pg. 4:
THE Mayor of Rishon le Zion is a native of this country. Zerubabel  Habib,
who has just turned fifty, went to the Herzlia School in Tel Aviv, and  after
College in Constatinople and Montpelier, returned to become a farmer. He  is
thus completely rooted, and the village which has become a country town is
legitimately proud of his record. It will no doubt inspire many another  "sabra."
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PALESTINE POST
30 March 1936
pg. 28:
Bread was Khalil's greatest desire and dancing was his life. His  bulging
muscles produced a ravenous appetite which could never be satisfied. For  a chunk
of "pitah," usually produced by Abraham, the Communist, Khalil would  spend
the lunch hour dancing.
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PALESTINE POST
15 July 1936
pg. 7:
JAFFA, Tuesday.--Two local notables, George Abdul Nour and Mahmoud  Mafoudi,
were taken ill here yesterday morning after having eaten cheese and  "pita" at
a Cafe in Ajami Road.