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how to say “addiction” in Hebrew

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  having trouble seeing the print? הִתְמַכְּרוּת Before I moved back to Israel in 2007 and opened up Ulpan La-Inyan a year later, I was training as a psychotherapist in Los Angeles. My first post was to Beit T’shuva, a Jewish center for addiction recovery on Venice Blvd. The Hebrew word for addiction is הִתְמַכְּרוּת, of the root…

how to say “sleeping bag” in Hebrew

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review and own the words from our Passover video!

review and own the words from our Passover video!

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew…       ..and Watch the Video Lesson!   Flashcards   Game   Test   שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!  listen and repeat

daily video – how to say “grapefruit” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “on the rise” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

בַּעֲלִיָּיה Aliyah – Jewish immigration to Israel – means literally rising up. I’ve done it – perhaps you have as well. בעלייה means on the rise, so that we might say: העלייה לארץ בעלייה. Aliyah to Israel (the country) is on the rise. ב usually means in, but in this case it’s on. If that doesn’t make 100%…