listen and repeat – literally, to raise on the writing.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!
having trouble seeing the print? מוּדָעוּת Many would argue that modernity brought with it an increase in self awareness among individuals. Others would say that such awareness has been lessened in our time (maybe we’ll debate it in the advanced conversation group I’m starting to teach tonight in Jerusalem). In any case, the Hebrew word for…
Your window into Israeli culture: Ami’s Hebrew-music show on RustyMike Radio (your daily dose is below) Today from noon to 1 Israel-time I’m presenting the usual greats – Shlomo Artzi, Ehud Banai… and the Idan Raichel song that was featured this past Friday on Ktzat Ivrit: מִנְעִי קוֹלֵך מִבֶּכִי (meen-EE koh-LEKH mee-BEH-khee) –…
Can’t read Hebrew yet? מַצְפֵּן listen and repeat A working compass always points north. Thus the makers of Modern Hebrew invoked the Biblical word for north – צָפוֹן listen and repeat – when they created tailored a word for this invention of modern times. מַצְפֵּן listen and repeat is the Hebrew word for compass. For…