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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-1.m4a” /]לַסָּלָט – for the salad Here are a few items I like to throw into my salads: חסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-2.m4a” /] – lettuce עגבניות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-3.m4a” /] – tomatoes (one tomato is an עגבנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-4.m4a” /]) פטריות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-5.m4a” /] – mushrooms (one mushroom is a פטרייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-6.m4a” /]) גרעיני חמנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לסלט-7.m4a” /] – sunflower seeds חמוציות[audioclip…

חֵרֶם, לְהַחֲרִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-1.wav” /] The English word boycott is named for a 19th-century Irishman, Charles C. Boycott, who was ostracized after refusing to lower rent for his tenant farmers (see Online Etymological Dictionary). The Hebrew word for this social (or antisocial) action goes further back, all the way to the Bible. The word is חֵרֶם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-2.wav”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-1.m4a” /]צָרוֹת The Yiddish word tzuris – a word that refers to problems of the type caused by unfortunate financial circumstances or irreverent family members – derives from the Hebrew word צרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-2.m4a” /]התאומים הגיעו לגיל ההתבגרות, ואז התחילו הצרות. The twins reached adolescence, and then the problems began. צרות is…