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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /]שֵׁף, טַבָּח מוּמְחֶה, אַשַּׁף מִטְבָּח The most common Hebrew word for chef is שף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /]לכבוד יום ההולדת שלה לקחתי אותה למסעדת שף. For her birthday I took her to a chef’s restaurant. A female chef is שפית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/שף-#.m4a” /]. But what is a chef anyway? This French word is…