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Nechomah
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shaale = a question

kashye = a difficulty

Sometimes you could think that they are used interchangeably, but I think a shaale is more basic than a kashye, as if a person has looked into something he had a shaale on and it was difficult for him to understand, so now he has a kashye on it.