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Steinsaltz introduces the new perk:
The seventh perek of Massekhet Sota, which begins on our daf , teaches the halakha that the warning given to a woman who is suspected of adultery can be given be-khol lashon – “in any language”; it does not need to be said in the language that it is written in the Torah.
This teaching leads the Mishna to list a number of formal statements that can be made in any language (for example, the recitation of Shema, Grace after meals, various vows made in court) and some that can only be said in the original Hebrew text (such as a Priestly blessing, a halitza, the speech made by the kohen before leading the army into battle).
We explore the importance of lashon hakodesh in our self definition.