having trouble seeing the print? לְשַׂמֵּחַ Hebrew courses starting Sunday in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv My professor of Bible and Aramaic at Yeshiva University, Dr. Moshe Bernstein, taught me that 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant declared that it’s worth studying Hebrew for ten years just to read תְּהִלִּים ק”ד – Psalm 104. Jews all over the world read…
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה! Can’t read Hebrew yet? Watch the video for translation and more.
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
Class starts on July 25… and the discount ends today! (Thursday) Come join our nutty professors (just kidding – our teachers are super-hip) and learn to speak Hebrew in a way you’ve probably never before come across… that is, unless you’ve taken a course with us before, in which case you get more discounts. Today…
יעיל The Hebrew word for both effective and efficient is (yah-EEL). It comes from the same root, י.ע.ל (y.’.l) as yet another word for benefit – תּוֹעֶלֶת (toh-EH-let). To take something and make it more efficient is (le-yah-EHL). For example, הַחֶבְרָה גּוּגֶל יוֹדַעַת לְיָעֵל דְּבָרִים (hah-khev-RAH GOO-ghel yoh-DAH-aht le-yah-EHL dvah-REEM) – The company Google knows…
להקדיש If you’ve been to a synagogue or a Jewish family for a traditional Shabbat meal, you’re more than likely familiar with the Hebrew word קִדּוֹש (kee-DOOSH) – Kiddush. In many synagogues, this word is associated with cholent, cake and coffee with non-dairy creamer. The word קידוש itself means sanctification; the root is…