having trouble seeing the print? מִזְרָחָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world features the plea of Moses to be allowed to lead the People of Israel into their…
עצלן My bed has clothes, CDs, envelopes and all kinds of other stuff on it, and I don’t feel like putting it all away so I can go to… bed. Instead, I’m going to do what I’ve done more than one night over the past couple of weeks. I’m going to sleep on…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]מַחְמִיא לְךָ We’ve seen that the word for compliment in Hebrew is מחמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]. To pay a compliment is either לתת מחמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /] – literally, to give a compliment, or the הפעיל verb להחמיא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]תחמיא לי, דוד. Give me a compliment, David. But להחמיא is not just…
מַסָּע If you know a little Hebrew, you’re probably familiar with the word for to travel – לִנְסוֹע (leen-SOH-ah). A journey or trek is a מַסָּע (mah-SAH). This is not a journey in the sense of driving in your convertible from Tel Aviv up the coast to Netanya. Rather, this is the type of journey knights used…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…