The Jerusalem Bridge
פרגון
Firgun
genuine, generous support for someone else's success · noun (m.)
Illustration for Firgun

The opposite of jealousy — cheering someone on with zero envy. Israelis consider a culture of pargon a point of pride.

קיבלתי עבודה חדשה והחברים שלי היו כולם פרגון.

I got a new job and my friends were all firgun about it.

Who gave you real firgun the last time something good happened to you?

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Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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